Frugivory of carnivores and seed dispersal of fleshy fruits in cool-temperate deciduous forests

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a   Morimoto, Hideto ^b   Goto, Yusuke ^b,d   Kozakai, Chinatsu ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

^d Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endozoochory; Fecal analysis; Food habits; Frugivore; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUITS; MAMMALS; SEED;

BLACK BEARS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; FECAL SAMPLES; JAPANESE FOREST; PLANT SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DISPERSERS; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

BEAR; CANID; CARNIVORE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FECES; FRUGIVORY; MUSTELID; SEED DISPERSAL; TEMPERATE FOREST; ZOOCHORY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MAMMALS; PLANTS; SEEDING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; MARTES MELAMPUS; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; TAXIDIINAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; VERTEBRATA; VULPES;

EID: 48349111267     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-008-0069-5     Document Type: Article

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