Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) seed dispersal in an afromontane forest: Microhabitat influences on the postdispersal fate of large seeds

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 641-649

  Gross Camp, Nicole ^a   Kaplin, Beth A ^a  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Montane rain forest; Pan troglodytes; Postdispersal fate of large seeds; Rwanda; Seed dispersal; Seed handling; Wadging

Indexed keywords

FECES; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

MYRTACEAE; OLEA CAPENSIS; OLEACEAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 31344443319     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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