How much Dillenia indica seed predation occurs from Asian elephant dung?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-59

  Sekar, Nitin ^a,b   Giam, Xingli ^a,c   Sharma, Netra Prasad ^b   Sukumar, Raman ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus); Buxa Tiger Reserve; Dillenia indica; Dispersal ecology; Elephant dung; Post dispersal seed predation

Indexed keywords

DILLENIA INDICA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84955079384     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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