The effect of deceptive fruits on predispersal seed predation by birds in Pistacia lentiscus

Plant Ecology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-248

  Verdú, Miguel ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empty seeds; Seed viability; Seedless fruits

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FRUIT; GRANIVORY; SEED PREDATION;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 0035656502     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012653002598     Document Type: Article

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