Functional uniqueness of a small carnivore as seed dispersal agents: A case study of the common palm civets in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 721-730

  Nakashima, Yoshihiro ^a   Inoue, Eiji ^a   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^b   Sukor, Jum Rafiah Abd ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Leea aculeata; Macaca nemestrina; Paradoxurus hermaphroditus; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; PERSISTENCE; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DEFECATION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALAYSIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITACEAE;

ANIMALS; DEFECATION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALAYSIA; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITACEAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; TABIN WILDLIFE RESERVE;

LEEA ACULEATA; MACACA; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MAMMALIA; PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS; SUIDAE; VITACEAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 77957995266     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1714-1     Document Type: Article

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