Dispersal of Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper) seeds by frugivorous mammals on juniper mountain, southeastern Oregon

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-78

  Schupp, Eugene W ^a   Gómez, José M ^b   Jiménez, Jaime E ^a   Fuentes, Marcelino ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

frugivory; juniper expansion; Juniperus occidentalis; mammalian seed dispersal; mammals; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030895446     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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