Seed dispersal and predation by Yakushima macaques, Macaca fuscata yakui, in a warm temperate forest of Yakushima Island, southern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-144

  Otani, Tatsuya ^a,b   Shibata, Ei'ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germination enhancement; Macaca fuscata yakui; Morphological fruit characteristics; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Yakushima macaques

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PREDATION; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL;

JAPAN;

DIOSPYROS MORRISIANA; EURYA JAPONICA; FICUS THUNBERGII; MACACA FUSCATA; MYRSINE SEGUINII; NEOLITSEA SERICEA; PSYCHOTRIA SERPENS; VACCINIUM BRACTEATUM;

EID: 0034213353     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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