In the elephant's seed shadow: The prospects of domestic bovids as replacement dispersers of three tropical Asian trees

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2093-2105

  Sekar, Nitin ^a,b   Lee, Chia Lo ^c   Sukumar, Raman ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artocarpus chaplasha; Asian elephant; Bos primigenius; Bubalus bubalis; Careya arborea; Dillenia indica; Domestic buffalo; Domestic cattle; Elephas maximus; Functional compensation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ELEPHANT; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; RUMINANT; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION; ZOOCHORY;

SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTOCARPUS; BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAREYA ARBOREA; DILLENIA INDICA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ASIA; BOVINE; BUFFALO; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84939232561     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1543.1     Document Type: Article

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