Cheek-pouch dispersal of seeds by Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata yakui) on Yakushima Island, Japan

Primates

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-338

  Yumoto, Takakazu ^a,d   Noma, Naohiko ^b,e   Maruhashi, Tamaki ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c MUSASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Check pouch; Macaca fuscata yakui; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Warm temperate forest; Yakushima Island

Indexed keywords

CHEEK POUCH; JAPANESE MACAQUE; SEED DISPERSAL;

JAPAN, OSUMI ISLANDS, YAKUSHIMA ISLAND;

MACACA FUSCATA YAKUI; PERSEA THUNBERGII;

EID: 0031684906     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02573081     Document Type: Article

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