The role of the olive baboon (Papio anubis, Cercopithecidae) as seed disperser in a savanna-forest mosaic of West Africa

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Kunz, Britta Kerstin ^a   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baboons; C te d'Ivoire; Germination; Guinea savanna; Primates; Pulp effect; Seed damage; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seed size

Indexed keywords

FECES; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; ZOOCHORY;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CAREX; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; POACEAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 43649108407     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005014     Document Type: Article

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