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Predation on palm nuts (Syagrus romanzoffiana) by squirrels (Sciurus ingrami) in south-east Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Mauro Galetti ,
Maristela Paschoal  and
Fernando Pedroni
Mauro Galetti
Affiliation:
Deparlamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13081 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Maristela Paschoal
Affiliation:
Deparlamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13081 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Fernando Pedroni
Affiliation:
Deparlamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13081 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Keywords

BrazilfrugivorcspalmSciurusseed predationsquirrelSyagrus
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 121 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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