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1 June 2002 Differential Ingestion of Ficus Seeds by Frugivorous Bats: A First Experimental Test in Ptenochirus Jagori (Pteropodidae)
Jochen Reiter
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Jochen Reiter "Differential Ingestion of Ficus Seeds by Frugivorous Bats: A First Experimental Test in Ptenochirus Jagori (Pteropodidae)," Acta Chiropterologica 4(1), 99-106, (1 June 2002). https://doi.org/10.3161/001.004.0110
Received: 28 January 2002; Accepted: 1 May 2002; Published: 1 June 2002
KEYWORDS
differential ingestion
Ficus
germination
Philippines
Ptenochirus jagori
seed dispersal
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