Lowland gorillas and seed dispersal: The importance of nest sites

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-68

  Rogers, M E ^a   Voysey, B C ^a,b   Mcdonald, K E ^a,b   Parnell, R J ^c,d   Tutin, C E G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SEGC ^*  (Gabon)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Gorillas; Nests; Seed germination; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; NEST SITE; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABON; GORILLA; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

GABON, LOPE RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031956771     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:1<45::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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