Spatial and temporal effects on seed dispersal and seed predation of Musa acuminata in Southern Yunnan, China

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-40

  Meng, Lingzeng ^a,b   Gao, Xiuxia ^a   Chen, Jin ^a   Martin, Konrad ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Musa acuminata; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; MUSA ACUMINATA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RODENT; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; CHINA; CHIROPTERA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSA; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864378237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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