Evolutionary and ecological implications of primate seed dispersal

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-28

  Lambert, Joanna E ^a,b   Garber, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Apes; Coevolution; Feeding Ecology; Frugivory; Monkeys; South America

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHANNA MELASOMA; HAPLORHINI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031966843     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1998)45:1<9::aid-ajp3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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