Seed dispersal by specialist versus generalist foragers: The plant's perspective

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Larson, Diane L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITIC PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL;

USA, ARIZONA, SONORAN DESERT;

MELANERPES UROPYGIALIS; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; PHAINOPELA NITENS; PHORADENDRON CALIFORNICUM; VISCACEAE;

EID: 0030303741     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545753     Document Type: Article

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