Seed dispersal by Japanese marten Martes melampus in the subalpine shrubland of northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-38

  Otani, Tatsuya ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic camera; Fruit morphology; Martes melampus; Seed dispersal; Subalpine shrubland

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FRUIT; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUBLAND;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPUS; LEPUS BRACHYURUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES MELAMPUS; MELAMPUS; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELINAE; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PROCYON LOTOR; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0038377248     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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