Note and record Fruit bats can disperse figs over different land - use types on Mount Kilimanjaro , Tanzania
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Fruit bats can disperse figs over different landuse types on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Maria Helbig-Bonitz*, Gemma Rutten* and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko Institute for Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, AlbertEinstein-Allee 11, 89069, Ulm, Germany, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092 Balboa, Anc on, Republic of Panama
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