Passage through bird guts causes interspecific differences in seed germination characteristics

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 669-675

  Traveset, A ^a,b   Riera, N ^a,b   Mas, R E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Mediterranean shrubs; Seed ingestion by birds; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; ZOOCHORY;

EID: 0034800350     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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