Behavior rather than diet mediates seasonal differences in seed dispersal by Asian elephants

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2684-2691

  Campos Arceiz, Ahimsa ^a   Larrinaga, Asier R ^b   Weerasinghe, Udayani R ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a,f   Pastorini, Jennifer ^c,d   Leimgruber, Peter ^e   Fernando, Prithiviraj ^c   Santamaria, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Centre for Conservation and Research   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Dispersal distance; Elephas maximus; Mechanistic model; Myanmar; Seasonal differences; Seed dispersal curves; Seed shadow; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELEPHANT; GERMINATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELEPHANT; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYANMAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SRI LANKA; TREE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GERMINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYANMAR; SEASONS; SEEDS; SRI LANKA; TREES;

EID: 58149360925     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1573.1     Document Type: Article

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