Dispersal of Canarium euphyllum (Burseraceae), a large-seeded tree species, in a moist evergreen forest in Thailand

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Kitamura, Shumpei ^a,c   Suzuki, Shunsuke ^b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^a,d   Poonswad, Pilai ^c   Chuailua, Phitaya ^c   Plongmai, Kamol ^c   Maruhashi, Tamaki ^e   Noma, Naohiko ^b   Suckasam, Chumphon ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e MUSASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Frugivore; Frugivory; Ground squirrels; Hornbills; Imperial pigeons; Rodents; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Squirrels

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ACEROS UNDULATUS; ANORRHINUS; ANTHRACOCEROS ALBIROSTRIS; AVES; BUCEROS BICORNIS; BURSERACEAE; CANARIUM; COLUMBA; DUCULA BADIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 32044433043     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002889     Document Type: Article

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