Retention time of seeds in bird guts: Costs and benefits for fruiting plants and frugivorous birds

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Fukui, Akiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

frugivorous birds; plant animal interaction; retention time; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0030431586     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1996.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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