Seed dispersal by Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in western Tokyo, central Japan: A preliminary report

Mammal Study

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-168

  Tsuji, Yamato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 80054078347     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.036.0308     Document Type: Article

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