Rarity of figs (Ficus) on Madagascar and its relationship to a depauperate frugivore community

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-329

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

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIG; FRUGIVORE COMMUNITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION;

MADAGASCAR;

FICUS; MORACEAE;

EID: 0031434596     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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