How far can the freshwater bryozoan Cristatella mucedo disperse in duck guts?

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-554

  Charalambidou, Iris ^a   Santamaría, Luis ^a,b   Figuerola, Jordi ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Anas clypeata; Cristatella mucedo; Dispersal; Endozoochory

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; RETENTION; SEED DISPERSAL; WATERFOWL; ZOOCHORY;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; BRYOZOA; CRISTATELLA MUCEDO; PHYLACTOLAEMATA;

EID: 0041733092     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0547     Document Type: Article

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