Effect of birds and bears on seed germination of fleshy-fruited plants in temperate rainforests of southeast Alaska

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Willson, Mary F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED GERMINATION; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST;

ALASKA; USA;

ANIMALIA; ARALIACEAE; AVES; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; ERICACEAE; GALLIFORMES; GROSSULARIACEAE; IXOREUS; MAMMALIA; OPLOPANAX; OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS; RIBES BRACTEOSUM; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; ROSACEAE; RUBUS SPECTABILIS; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA; STREPTOPUS AMPLEXIFOLIUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ALASKAENSE; VACCINIUM OVALIFOLIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030818419     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546519     Document Type: Article

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