Seed dispersal by tantalus monkeys (Chlorocebus tantalus tantalus) in a Nigerian montane forest

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1123-1128

  Agmen, Fiona L ^a   Chapman, Hazel M ^a   Bawuro, Musa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Nigerian Montane Forest Project   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; MONTANE FOREST; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL;

NIGERIA;

CERCOPITHECUS TANTALUS;

EID: 78349248287     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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