Observations at a Ficus tree in Malagasy humid forest

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-488

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^c,e   Wilmé, Lucienne ^d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ficus; Frugivore community; Fruit production, chemical composition, and consumption; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001023527     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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