What does seed handling by the drill tell us about the ecological services of terrestrial cercopithecines in African forests?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-578

  Astaras, C ^a   Waltert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Cross Sanaga Bioko region; Korup National Park; Mandrillus leucophaeus; Plant community dynamics; Seed handling; Terrestrial primates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CAMEROON; KORUP NATIONAL PARK; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650130577     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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