Contribution by possums to seed rain and subsequent seed germination in successional vegetation, Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Dungan, Roger J ^a   O'Cain, Martyn J ^a,b   Lopez, M Liza ^a,c   Norton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Montgomery Watson   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gut passage; Possum diet; Seed dispersal; Trichosurus vulpecula; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION; ZOOCHORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

HEMIPHAGA NOVAESEELANDIAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0036458053     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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