Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: An island phenomenon

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Olesen, Jens M ^a   Valido, Alfredo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; LIZARD; POLLINATOR; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037376605     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00004-1     Document Type: Review

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