Revealing secondary seed removers: Results from camera trapping

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 914-922

  Seufert, Verena ^a  

^a Née Heikamp), Birthe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Cercopithecus albogularis; Frugivory; Seed removal; Seed spitting; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST FLOOR; FRUGIVORY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS;

EID: 78349232789     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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