Bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus) seed predation of bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis) and other plant species in Democratic Republic of Congo

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-512

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867745047     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2012.01345.x     Document Type: Note

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