Fruit availability and seed dispersal in terra firme rain forests of Colombian Amazonia

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1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

2. COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO METHODS FOR MEASURING FRUIT PRODUCTION IN A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

3. CANOPY-FRUIT AVAILABILITY PATTERNS IN A TERRA FIRME RAIN FOREST OF COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA

4. DIURNAL PRIMARY SEED DISPERSAL OF Dacryodes chimantensis AND Protium paniculatum (BURSERACEAE) IN A TERRA FIRME RAIN FOREST OF COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA

5. EFFECT OF SEED DISPERSAL ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF COMMON TREE SPECIES IN A TERRA FIRME RAIN FOREST OF COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA

6. SEED DISPERSAL MODES OF THE SANDSTONE PLATEAU VEGETATION OF THE MIDDLE CAQUETA RIVER REGION, COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA

7. A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH APPROACH FOR STUDYING FRUIT AVAILABILITY AND SEED DISPERSAL

8. GENERAL DISCUSSION

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SUMMARY

RESUMEN

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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