Effect of ingestion by two frugivorous bat species on the seed germination of Ficus racemosa and F. hispida (Moraceae)
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∗ Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China † Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North East Normal University, Changchun 130024, China ‡ School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China § Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China # Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China (Accepted 14 September 2006)
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