Hunting of mammals reduces seed removal and dispersal of the afrotropical tree Antrocaryon klaineanum (Anacardiaceae)

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-347

  Wang, Benjamin C ^a   Sork, Victoria L ^a   Leong, Misha T ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Antrocaryon klaineanum; Hunting; Microsatellite; Seed dispersal; Seed removal; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; ANGIOSPERM; HUNTING; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; MAMMALIA; PAN;

EID: 34247338107     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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