Effectiveness of three turacos as seed dispersers in a tropical montane forest

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-103

  Sun, Chin ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a   Kraeuter, Hans J ^a   Moermond, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Gut retention time; Seed dispersal; Tropical forest; Turacos

Indexed keywords

BLACK-BILLED TURACO; GREAT BLUE TURACO; RUWENZORI TURACO; SEED DISPERSAL;

RWANDA;

CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA; MUSOPHAGA JOHNSTONI; TAURACO SCHUETTI;

EID: 0030929298     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050288     Document Type: Article

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