Empty seeds reduce seed predation by birds in Juniperus osteosperma

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 823-827

  Fuentes, Marcelino ^a   Schupp, Eugene W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empty seeds; Juniperus; Parus; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; SEED PREDATION; TREE;

JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PARUS INORNATUS;

EID: 0031766214     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006594532392     Document Type: Article

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