Long-distance endozoochorous dispersal of submerged macrophyte seeds by migratory waterbirds in northern Europe - A critical review of possibilities and limitations

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-203

  Clausen, Preben ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^b   Fox, A D ^a   Klaassen, Marcel ^b  

^a Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anas; Branta; Cygnus; Potamogeton; Ruppia; Zostera

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DISPERSAL; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; ZOOCHORY;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; BRANTA; CYGNUS; POTAMOGETON; RUPPIA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0036068425     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01150-5     Document Type: Article

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