Dispersal of vascular plants by four species of wild mammals in a deciduous forest in NE Germany

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 627-643

  Heinken, Thilo ^a   Hanspach, Heike ^a   Raudnitschka, Dorit ^a   Schaumann, Friederike ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diaspore morphology; Endozoochory; Epizoochory; Forest plant species; Large mammals; Mixed oak hornbeam forest

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; MAMMAL; SEED DISPERSAL; VASCULAR PLANT; ZOOCHORY;

BRANDENBURG; BRIESELANG FOREST; GERMANY;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CARPINUS; CERVIDAE; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELINAE; QUERCUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SUS SCROFA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036928575     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2002/0032-0627     Document Type: Article

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