Seed predation and dispersal in relict Scots pine forests in southern Spain

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Castro, Jorge ^a   Gómez, José M ^a   García, Daniel ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean high mountain; Pinus sylvestris nevadensis; Relict population; Seed ecology

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; RELICT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0342904921     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009865703906     Document Type: Article

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