Are possums important dispersers of large-seeded fruit?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Williams, Peter A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Large seeded fruit; Possums; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL;

AVES;

EID: 1142305886     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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