Effectiveness of the common gecko (Hoplodactylus maculatus) as a seed disperser on Mana Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 639-647

  Wotton, Debra M ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Johnsonville Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Common gecko; Coprosma propinqua; Disperser effectiveness; Frugivory; Hoplodactylus maculatus; Lizards; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; LIZARD; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; COPROSMA; COPROSMA PROPINQUA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; SPERMATOPHYTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036935280     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512820     Document Type: Article

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