What can we learn about seed dispersal from seed trap experiments at fruiting trees? Efficiency of dispersal traits

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Okamoto, Motoharu ^a  

^a OSAKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

effective escaped seed; escape hypothesis; extended ripening; seed dispersal; synchronous ripening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030423606     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1996.tb00140.x     Document Type: Article

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