Availability of large seed-dispersers for restoration of degraded tropical forest

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-27

  Lindsell, Jeremy A ^a,d   Lee, David C ^b,c   Powell, Victoria J ^b   Gemita, Elva ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Harapan Rainforest   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d A ROCHA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Degraded forest; Restoration; Seed dispersal; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84925345402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800104     Document Type: Article

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