Fruit availability, frugivore satiation and seed removal in 2 primate-dispersed tree species

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-194

  Ratiarison, Sandra ^a,b   Forget, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a Department of Ecology and Management of Biodiversity   (France)

^b Zoological Society of London   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Frugivores; Masting; Primates; Satiation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; MANILKARA; MANILKARA BIDENTATA; MANILKARA HUBERI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS MIDAS; SAPOTACEAE;

ANIMAL; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GUINEA; MAMMAL; MANILKARA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GUINEA; MAMMALS; MANILKARA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84868101085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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