Fruit fall in tropical and temperate forests: Implications for frugivore diversity

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1081-1090

  Hanya, Goro ^a   Aiba, Shin ichiro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruit; Litterfall; Primate; Productivity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LITTERFALL; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PRIMATES;

EID: 78649457790     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0733-z     Document Type: Article

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