Morphology and phenology of seeds and whole fruit eaten by Milne-Edwards' sifaka, Propithecus diadema edwardsi, in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 637-659

  Hemingway, Claire A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit morphology; Phenology; Propithecus diadema edwardsi; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

PROPITHECUS DIADEMA;

EID: 0030481509     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02735259     Document Type: Article

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