How important are forest elephants to the survival of woody plant species in Upper Guinean forests?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-150

  Hawthorne, William D ^b   Parren, Marc P E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Dispersal; Disturbance; Elephant; Forest; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ELEPHANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL;

GUINEA;

BALANITES WILSONIANA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0033963094     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001310     Document Type: Article

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