Resprouting of woody saplings following stem snap by wild pigs in a Malaysian rain forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 222-233

  Ickes, Kalan ^a,c   Dewalt, Saara J ^a   Thomas, Sean C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp forest; Nest building; Pasoh Forest Reserve; Physical disturbance; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

NEST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PIG; RAINFOREST; RESPROUTING; SURVIVAL; WOODY PLANT;

MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037393163     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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