Factors shaping the seedfall pattern of a bird-dispersed plant

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1937-1950

  Alcántara, Julio M ^a   Rey, Pedro J ^b   Valera, Francisco ^c   Sánchez Lafuente, Alfonso M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bird dispersed plants; Habitat alteration; Mediterranean scrubland; Microhabitats; Olea europaea var. sylvestris; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; Seed shadow; Seed size; Wild olive

Indexed keywords

REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOCHORY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0343603371     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1937:fstspa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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