Frugivory in four sympatric lemurs: Implications for the future of Madagascar's forests

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-602

  Wright, Patricia C ^a,b   Tecot, Stacey R ^a,b,c   Erhart, Elizabeth M ^b,d   Baden, Andrea L ^a,b   King, Stephen J ^a   Grassi, Christina ^b,e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre ValBio   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rainforest ecology; Ranomafana National Park; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; SEED DISPERSAL; STREPSIRHINI; TREES;

MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 79954986561     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20936     Document Type: Article

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