Small mammals as potential seed dispersers in New Zealand

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 523-532

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Karl, Brian J ^a   Bannister, Peter ^b   Lee, William G ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kiore; Mice; Possums; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Ship rats; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000708354     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00057.x     Document Type: Article

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