Seed predation of two alien Opuntia species invading Mediterranean communities

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Gimeno, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Granivory; Invasibility; Microhabitat; Opuntia maxima; Opuntia stricta

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; GRANIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; SEED PREDATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA;

EID: 0037705300     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023956108731     Document Type: Article

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