Fruit choice and seed dispersal of invasive vs. noninvasive Carpobrotus (Aizoaceae) in coastal California

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1053-1060

  Vila, Montserrat ^a,b   D'Antonio, Carla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aizoaceae; Carpobrotus chilensis; Carpobrotus edulis; Fleshy fruit; Fruit preference; Fruit quality; Gut passage; Hybridization; Mammal frugivory; Nonindigenous species; Plant invasion; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; UNITED STATES;

FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AIZOACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPOBROTUS; CARPOBROTUS CHILENSIS; CARPOBROTUS EDULIS; CERVIDAE; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES);

EID: 0031875204     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176600     Document Type: Article

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