Timing and spatial patterning of seed dispersal and redistribution in a South American warm desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Marone, Luis ^a   Rossi, Bertilde E ^a   Horno, Manuel E ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Granivory; Monte Desert; Newly produced seeds; Phenology; Seed bank; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM; DESCURAINIA; GLANDULARIA; PHACELIA; SPHAERALCEA; SPOROBOLUS;

EID: 0031669090     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009776601012     Document Type: Article

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