Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-558

  Wells, Konstans ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^b   Lakim, Maklarin B ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,d   Pfeiffer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ^*  (Malaysia)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Muridae; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; South East Asia; Tupaiidae

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; GRANIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 69749121830     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990058     Document Type: Article

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