A 12-year phenological record of fruiting: Implications for frugivore populations and indicators of climate change

Tropical Fruits and Frugivores: The Search for Strong Interactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 75-92

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b   Zanne, Amy E ^a,b   Poulsen, John R ^a,b   Clark, Connie J ^a,b  

^a Department of Zoology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; conservation; frugivore; fruit; global climate change; keystone species; phenology; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549127902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3833-X_5     Document Type: Chapter

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