Successful germination of seeds following passage through orang-utan guts

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-435

  Nielsen, Nynne H ^a,b   Jacobsen, Magnus W ^a,b   Graham, Laura L L B ^c   Morrogh Bernard, Helen C ^b   D'Arcy, Laura J ^b,d   Harrison, Mark E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ape; Borneo; Indonesia; peat swamp forest; Pongo; Sabangau; seed dispersal; seed germination

Indexed keywords

FECES; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; PEAT; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SWAMP FOREST;

ACEH; BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KETAMBE; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 79959240288     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000071     Document Type: Article

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