Post-dispersal seed predation and the establishment of vertebrate dispersed plants in Mediterranean scrublands

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Hulme, Philip E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Density dependence; Rodents; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030997772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050212     Document Type: Article

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