Fruit removal, pyrene dispersal, post-dispersal predation and seedling establishment of a bird-dispersed tree

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-233

  Obeso, José Ramón ^a   Fernández Calvo, Ignacio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquifoliaceae; Fleshy fruits; Germination; Ilex aquifolium; Litter effect; Microhabitat; Recruitment; Rodent predation

Indexed keywords

MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; AQUIFOLIACEAE; AVES; FAGUS; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; RODENTIA; TURDIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037287762     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022241207296     Document Type: Article

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