topography-specific seed dispersal by japanese macaques in a lowland forest on yakushima island, japan. | 1. we investigated patterns of seed dispersal (i.e. dispersal distances and topography of seed-deposition sites) via the cheek pouches of japanese macaques (macaca fuscata yakui) during three seasons in a lowland forest on yakushima island, japan. 2. the mean seed-dispersal distances were 16.7, 26.1, 41.8, and 32.4 m from the trunks of mother trees of myrica rubra, persea thunbergii, neolitsea sericea, and litsea acuminata, respectively. 3. we assessed the possible effect of macaque foraging pat ... | 2009 | 19120599 |