Vertebrate frugivory and seed dispersal of a Chihuahuan Desert cactus

Plant Ecology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-229

  Montiel, Salvador ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactus establishment; Endozoocory; Opuntia rastrera

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

OPUNTIA RASTRERA;

EID: 0034057671     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009819419498     Document Type: Article

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