Huynen, Marie-Claude ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Hambuckers, Alain ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Language :
English
Title :
Forest cover, hunting pressure, and fruit availability influence seed dispersal in a forest-savanna mosaic in the Congo Basin
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Biotropica
ISSN :
0006-3606
eISSN :
1744-7429
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
BELSPO - Belgian Federal Science Policy Office FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture
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