Seed dispersers as disease vectors: Bird transmission of mistletoe seeds to plant hosts

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 912-921

  Martinez del Rio C ^a   Silva, A ^b   Medel, R ^c   Hourdequin, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacti hosts; Disease transmission; Echinopsis skottsbergii; Eulychnia acida; Mimus thenca; Mistletoes; Parasitism; Seed dispersal; Tristerix aphyllus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000463012     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265511     Document Type: Article

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