Phenological adaptations in fleshy vertebrate-dispersed fruits of temperate plants

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 617-621

  Eriksson, Ove ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031871779     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546385     Document Type: Review

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