A comparison of morphological and chemical fruit traits between two sites with different frugivore assemblages

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-104

  Voigt, F A ^a   Bleher, B ^a   Fietz, J ^b   Ganzhorn, J U ^c   Schwab, D ^b   Bohning Gaese K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frugivore diversity; Madagascar; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; NITROGEN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SELECTION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; MORPHOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PROSIMIAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LEMUR; LIPIDS; MADAGASCAR; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANNINS;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 4944252435     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1654-8     Document Type: Article

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