Ecological services performed by the bonobo (Pan paniscus): Seed dispersal effectiveness in tropical forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 367-380

  Beaune, David ^a,b   Bretagnolle, François ^b,c   Bollache, Loïc ^d   Bourson, Chloé ^a,b   Hohmann, Gottfried ^a   Fruth, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Congo basin; forest ecology; long distance dispersal; seed dispersal; seed rain; seed shadow; zoochory

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; GPS; PRIMATE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN;

EID: 84884543282     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000515     Document Type: Article

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