Germination and seed damage in tropical dry forest plants ingested by iguanas

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-308

  Benitez Malvido J ^a   Tapia, E ^b   Suazo, I ^a   Villasenor E ^c   Alvarado, J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c Rancho El Cantor   (Mexico)

^d Inst Invest Sobre los Recurs Nat   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORDIA; CORDIA ALBA; CTENOSAURA PECTINATA; HEXAPODA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PITHECELLOBIUM DULCE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SQUAMATA; TREMA MICRANTHUM;

EID: 0037673444     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0301:GASDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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