Seed removal and survival in Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus faeces: Effect of rodents as secondary seed dispersers

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-34

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a   Morimoto, Hideto ^a   Kozakai, Chinatsu ^a   Arimoto, Isao ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^b   Iwaoka, Masahiro ^a   Soga, Masashi ^a   Koganezawa, Masaaki ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; endozoochory; fleshy fruits; secondary dispersal; seed predation; temperate forest; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORNUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS GRAYANA; PRUNUS JAMASAKURA; PRUNUS VERECUNDA; RODENTIA; SWIDA CONTROVERSA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS; VITIS; VITIS COIGNETIAE;

EID: 84859336111     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/10-049     Document Type: Article

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