Aggregated seed dispersal by wreathed hornbills at a roost site in a moist evergreen forest of Thailand

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 943-952

  Kitamura, Shumpei ^a,b,g   Yumoto, Takakazu ^a,c   Noma, Naohiko ^d   Chuailua, Phitaya ^b   Maruhashi, Tamaki ^e   Wohandee, Prawat ^f   Poonswad, Pilai ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^e MUSASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^g RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aceros undulatus; Cinnamomum subavenium; Frugivory; Seed accumulation; Seed germination; Seed predation; Seedling survivorship

Indexed keywords

DIET; EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY; ROOST SITE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ACEROS UNDULATUS; BUCEROTIDAE; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM SUBAVENIUM;

EID: 50949091733     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0460-x     Document Type: Article

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