Estimate of the seed shadow created by the Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus and its characteristics as a seed disperser in Japanese cool-temperate forest

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-290

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a   Masaki, Takashi ^a,b   Nemoto, Yui ^a   Kozakai, Chinatsu ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^a,c   Kasai, Shinsuke ^a,d   Nakajima, Ami ^a   Kaji, Koichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

^d Shiretoko Nature Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GPS; MOVEMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEED SIZE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 78751620849     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18626.x     Document Type: Article

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