Enhanced seed dispersal of Prunus africana in fragmented and disturbed forests?

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-252

  Farwig, Nina ^a,b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b   Bleher, Bärbel ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Frugivores; Kakamega Forest; Plant animal interaction; Process diversity; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT LOSS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PYGEUM; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; KENYA; PYGEUM; SEEDS; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

ANIMALIA; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM; ROSACEAE;

EID: 32444450606     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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