A simple method for tracking vertebrate-dispersed seeds

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 267-274

  Levey, Douglas J ^a   Sargent, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar Waxwings; Fluorescence for tracking seeds; Frugivory; Microspheres; Savannah River Site (Aiken, South Carolina USA); Seed dispersal; Seed shadows, estimation; Seed tracking; Techniques

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; SEED DISPERSAL; TRACKING; ZOOCHORY;

BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM;

EID: 0033950280     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0267:ASMFTV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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