Frugivory and seed dispersal by the lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris in the Peruvian Amazon

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Tobler, Mathias W ^a,b   Janovec, John P ^a   Cornejo, Fernando ^a  

^a BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Dung; Fecal analysis; Fruit consumption; Madre de Dios; Perrisodactyla; Seed size

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; UNGULATE;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

PRIMATES; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 77951188439     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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