Frugivory and seed dispersal by a small carnivore, the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata, in a fragmented subtropical forest of central China - Zhou, You-Bing; Zhang, Liang; Kaneko, Yayoi; Newman, Chris; Wang, Xiao-Ming (Forest ecology and management, 2008)
Keywords: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Carnivore; China; clearcutting; Diospyros; Endozoochorus; feces; feeding preferences; forest habitats; Forest recruitment; forests; frugivores; frugivory; Fruit selection; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Germination; habitat fragmentation; Hovenia dulcis; logging; Lotus; Melogale moschata; passage time; primary forests; Seed dispersal; seed germination; Seed passage time; seeds; small mammals; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; vegetation structure; viability; China; Asia; Melogale moschata; Forest recruitment; Germination; Endozoochorus; Seed passage time; Fruit selection; Seed dispersal; Carnivore; Subtropical zone; Forests; Seeds; Fruit; Frugivorous; Carnivorous animal; Climatic zone; Dispersion; Fragmentation; Recruitment; Dissemination; Habitat