Experimental assessment of plant seed retention times in fur of cattle and horse

Flora

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-147

  Couvreur, Martine ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epizoochory; Fur; Galloway cattle; Haflinger horse; Long distance seed dispersal; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 16244371754     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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