Dung beetles are critical in preventing post-dispersal seed removal by rodents in Congo rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 507-510

  Beaune, David ^a,b   Bollache, Loïc ^b   Bretagnolle, François ^b   Fruth, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cricetomys emini; Democratic Republic of Congo; dung beetle; Scarabaeidae; secondary dispersal; seed predation; zoochory

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DESICCATION; GROWTH RATE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CRICETOMYS EMINI; RODENTIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 84865786526     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000466     Document Type: Article

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