Habitat use and resource tracking by African Ceratogymna hornbills: Implications for seed dispersal and forest conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-117

  Whitney, Kenneth D ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; CERATOGYMNA; CERATOGYMNA ATRATA; CERATOGYMNA CYLINDRICUS; CERATOGYMNA FISTULATOR; CERATOGYMNA HORNBILLS;

EID: 0000590054     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943098000055     Document Type: Article

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