Lemurs and the regeneration of dry deciduous forest in Madagascar

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 794-804

  Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a,c   Fietz, Joanna ^a,d   Rakotovao, Edmond ^b   Schwab, Dorothea ^a,c   Zinner, Dietmar ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Technique des Eaux et Forets   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Abt Verhaltensphysiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

MADAGASCAR;

EULEMUR FULVUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS; STREPSIRHINI; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032773892     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98245.x     Document Type: Article

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