Effect of ingestion by five avian dispersers on the retention time, retrieval and germination of Ruppia maritima seeds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-753

  Charalambidou, I ^a   Santamaria, L ^a,b   Langevoord, O ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dabbling ducks; Endozoochory; Gut passage; Seed dispersal; Seed weight

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RETENTION; SEED DISPERSAL; WATERFOWL; ZOOCHORY;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; GALLIFORMES; RUPPIA; RUPPIA MARITIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346336844     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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