Habitat alteration and plant intra-specific competition for seed dispersers. An example with Olea europaea var. sylvestris

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Alcántara, Julio M ^a   Rey, Pedro J ^a   Valera, Francisco ^a   Sénchez Lafuente, Alfonso M ^a   Gutiérrez, José E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b 2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEA EUROPAEA SYLVESTRIS; OLEACEAE;

BIRD; INTRA-SPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLIVE; PLANT COMPETITION; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 0030620264     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546013     Document Type: Article

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