High potential of a disturbance-tolerant frugivore, the common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Viverridae), as a Seed disperser for large-seeded plants

Mammal Study

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Nakashima, Yoshihiro ^a   Inoue, Eiji ^a   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^b   Sukor, Jumrafiha Abd ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 79551516547     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.035.0307     Document Type: Short Survey

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