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Seed dispersal in African forest ruminants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

François Feer
François Feer
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, URA 1183, MNHN, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Générale, 4 Avenue du Petit Château, F91800 Brunoy, France
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Cephalophinaerainforestseed morphologyspit dispersal
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 683 - 689
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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