Fruit removal by hornbills in a semi-evergreen forest of the Indian Eastern Himalaya

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-541

  Sethi, Pia ^a,b   Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aglaia spectabilis; Chisocheton cumingianus; Cinnamomum bejolghota; Dysoxylum binectariferum; Generalist; hunting; Lauraceae; Litsea monopetala; Meliaceae; Polyalthia simiarum; Seed size; Seed dispersal mutualism; Specialist; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUGIVORY; GENERALIST; HUNTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

AGLAIA; AGLAIA SPECTABILIS; ANNONACEAE; ANTHRACOCEROS ALBIROSTRIS; AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; CHISOCHETON CUMINGIANUS; CINNAMOMUM; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; DUCULA BADIA; DYSOXYLUM; LAURACEAE; LITSEA; LITSEA MONOPETALA; MELIACEAE; POLYALTHIA; PRIMATES; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 84870030412     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000648     Document Type: Article

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