Waterbirds as endozoochorous dispersers of aquatic organisms: A review of experimental evidence

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-176

  Charalambidou, Iris ^a   Santamaría, Luis ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Endozoochory; Germination; Gut passage; Gut structure; Hatching; Resting egg; Retention time; Seed; Viability; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AVIFAUNA; DISPERSAL; PROPAGULE; ZOOCHORY;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 0036068424     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01148-7     Document Type: Article

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