The influence of temporal changes in fruit availability on diet composition and seed handling in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis doggetti)

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-71

  Kaplin, B A ^a   Munyaligoga, V ^b   Moermond, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Projet Frugivore   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Blue monkeys; Frugivory; Fruit scarcity; Phenology; Rwanda; Seed dispersal; Seed handling

Indexed keywords

BLUE MONKEY; DIET; FRUGIVORY; SEED HANDLING;

RWANDA;

CEROPITHECUS MITIS DOGGETTI;

EID: 0031720402     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00369.x     Document Type: Article

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