Pollination of Ravenala madagascariensis and Parkia madagascariensis by Eulemur macaco in Madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 252-259

  Birkinshaw, Christopher R ^a,c   Colquhoun, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c The Orchard   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eulemur macaco; Madagascar; Mirza coquereli; Parkia madagascariensis; Pollination; Ravenala madagascariensis

Indexed keywords

EULEMUR MACACO; LEMURIDAE; MIRZA COQUERELI; PRIMATES; RAVENALA; RAVENALA MADAGASCARIENSIS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0006248449     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021634     Document Type: Article

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