Seed eating in elephant dung by two large mammals in the Congo Republic

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Magliocca, F ^a   Querouil S ^a   Gautier Hion, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GRANIVORY; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 0037227369     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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