Can fruiting plants control animal behaviour and seed dispersal distance?

Behaviour

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 359-374

  Beaune, David ^a,b   Bretagnolle, François ^b,c   Bollache, Loïc ^b,d   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; bonobo; Congo Basin; dispersal distance; foraging behavior; forest structure; mutualism; optimal foraging; Pan paniscus; seed dispersal; zoochory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84923852986     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003205     Document Type: Article

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