Eat in or take away - Seed predation and removal by rats (Muridae) during a fruiting event in a dipterocarp rainforest

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Wells, Konstans ^a   Bagchi, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithocarpus; Maxomys; Parashorea; Predator satiation; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FAGACEAE; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS GRACILIS; MAMMALIA; MAXOMYS; MAXOMYS RAJAH; MURIDAE; PARASHOREA; PARASHOREA MALAANONAN; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIIDAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 34447505017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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