Topography-specific seed dispersal by Japanese macaques in a lowland forest on Yakushima Island, Japan

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Tsujino, Riyou ^a,b   Yumoto, Takakazu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cheek pouch; Dispersal distance; Index of convexity; Topography; Tree distribution pattern

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

LITSEA; LITSEA ACUMINATA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA YAKUI; MORELLA RUBRA; MYRICACEAE; NEOLITSEA SERICEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA THUNBERGII;

EID: 57549083636     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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