Frugivory at Juniperus communis depends more on population characteristics than on individual attributes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 639-647

  Garcia D ^a   Zamora, R ^a   Gomez J M ^a   Hodar J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common juniper; Mediterranean mountains; Plant animal interactions; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUGIVORY; GENETIC TRAIT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPAIN;

FRUGIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PERCIDAE; RODENTIA; TURDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034887857     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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