Complementarity of epi- and endozoochory of plant seeds by free ranging donkeys

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Couvreur, Martine ^a,b   Cosyns, Eric ^b   Hermy, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SEED DISPERSAL; UNGULATE; ZOOCHORY;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 13944265123     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04159.x     Document Type: Article

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