The importance of figs for frugivores in a South African coastal forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-386

  Bleher, Bärbel ^a,d   Potgieter, Christina J ^b   Johnson, David N ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^c EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frugivore community; Fruit availability; Fruiting phenology; Keystone resources; Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve; Resource use

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS THONNINGII; OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 0041846890     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003420     Document Type: Article

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