An evaluation of vertebrate seed dispersal syndromes in four species of black nightshade (Solanum sect. Solanum)

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 522-532

  Tamboia, Teri ^a,b   Cipollini, Martin L ^a,c   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food choice; Frugivory; Fruit chemistry and morphology; Seed dispersal syndromes; Solanum; vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CERVIDAE; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PHASIANIDAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM PTYCHANTHUM; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029801671     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333944     Document Type: Article

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