Fruiting of fleshy-fruited plants and abundance of frugivorous birds: Phenological correspondence in a temperate forest in central Japan

Ornithological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Takanose, Yoichiro ^a   Kamitani, Tomohiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fleshy fruited plant; Frugivorous bird; Fruit removal rate; Fruiting phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344274362     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.2.25     Document Type: Article

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