Seasonal variation in fleshy fruit use and seed dispersal by the Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-478

  Takahashi, Kazuaki ^a   Shiota, Tadatoshi ^a   Tamatani, Hiroo ^b   Koyama, Masaru ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Picchio Wildlife Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fleshy fruited plants; Fruit size; Fruiting phenology; Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus); Seed clump; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BEAR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AVES; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 40349114534     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0382-z     Document Type: Article

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