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Limited dispersal into appropriate microhabitats likely explains recruitment failure in a chimpanzee‐dependent tree species
Author(s) -
Thia Joshua A.,
Hale Marie L.,
Stouffer Daniel B.,
Chapman Hazel M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/aje.12257
Subject(s) - biological sciences , biological dispersal , ecology , geography , library science , sociology , biology , demography , population , computer science , computational biology
Seed dispersal may be essential to: i) escape parent-proximity mortality, ii) colonize new areas, or iii) reach favorable microsites (Schupp, 1993). Sensitivity of large-bodied animals to anthropogenic disturbance puts dependent large-seeded tree species at high risk of dispersal limitation (Cardoso da Silva & Tabarelli, 2000; Babweteera