Fruiting phenology of animal-dispersed plants in response to winter migration of frugivores in a warm temperate forest on Yakushima Island, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-129

  Noma, Naohiko ^a   Yumoto, Takakazu ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Guild structure; Phenology; Seed dispersal; Warm temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; FRUGIVORE; FRUITING PHENOLOGY; MIGRATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

JAPAN; YAKUSHIMA ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; HYPSIPETES AMAUROTIS; JAPONICA; MACACA; MACACA FASCATA YAKUI; SPHENURUS; SPHENURUS FORMOSAE; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICA; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0030748892     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523777     Document Type: Article

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