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Ingestion of Ficus enormis seeds by howler monkeys (Alouatta fusca) in Brazil: effects on seed germination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Rodolfo Antonio de Figueiredo
Rodolfo Antonio de Figueiredo
Affiliation:
PG-Ecologia, Departamento de Botânica, C. P. 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Keywords

BrazilfigFicus enormishowler monkeyAlouatta fuscaseed germinationseed dispersal
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 541 - 543
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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