Does fruiting phenology vary with fruit syndrome? An investigation on animal-dispersed tree species in an evergreen forest in south-western Cameroon

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-383

  Mitani, Masazumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

African tropical forest; Fruit syndrome; Fruiting phenology; Recruitment; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUITING; PHENOLOGY; ZOOCHORY;

CAMEROON;

SACOGLOTTIS GABONENSIS;

EID: 0033486139     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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