Fruit characteristics of species dispersed by the black lemur (Eulemur macaco) in the Lokobe Forest, Madagascar

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 478-486

  Birkinshaw, Christopher ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Black lemur; Coevolution; Eulemur macaco; Frugivory; Fruit characteristics; Madagascar; Prosimian; Seed dispersal; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL;

LOKOBE FOREST; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR MACACO; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0035730999     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00201.x     Document Type: Article

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