Are American black bears (Ursus americanus) legitimate seed dispersers for fleshy-fruited shrubs?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 352-367

  Auger, Janene ^a   Meyer, Susan E ^a   Black, Hal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; VIABILITY;

AMELANCHIER; AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA; ANIMALIA; HEDERA; MAHONIA; MAHONIA REPENS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; RHUS; RHUS TRILOBATA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SYMPHORICARPOS OREOPHILUS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0036254415     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0352:AABBUA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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