Ruminant-mediated seed dispersal of an economically valuable tree in Indian dry forests

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 679-682

  Prasad, Soumya ^a   Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^b,c   Chellam, Ravi ^d   Goyal, Surendra Prakash ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Chital; Deer; Large seeds; Phyllanthus emblica; Rajaji National Park; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; RUMINANT; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS AXIS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA;

EID: 33747082918     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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