Shrikes, lizards and lycium intricatum (Solanaceae) fruits: A case of indirect seed dispersal on an oceanic island (Alegranza, Canary Islands)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 866-871

  Nogales, M ^a   Delgado, J D ^a   Medina, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Indirect seed dispersal; Lycium Gallotia Lanius

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL;

GERMINATION; ISLAND; SEED DISPERSAL; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALEGRANZA; CANARY ISLANDS;

GALLOTIA ATLANTICA; LANIUS EXCUBITOR; LYCIUM INTRICATUM;

EID: 0031768688     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.8650866.x     Document Type: Article

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