Seed dispersal by the Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) in pine rockland forests of the lower Florida Keys, United States

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-546

  Liu, Hong ^a   Platt, Steven G ^b,c   Borg, Christopher K ^a,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Oglala Lakota College   (United States)

^d JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Byrsonima lucida; Plant animal interaction; Saurochory; Serenoa repens; Thrinax morrissii

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TURTLE; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FECES; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FECES; GERMINATION; SEEDS; TURTLES;

FLORIDA; KEY DEER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; BYRSONIMA; BYRSONIMA LUCIDA; CERVIDAE; INSECTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM; REPTILIA; SERENOA REPENS; SPERMATOPHYTA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TESTUDINES; THRINAX;

EID: 1642412700     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1445-7     Document Type: Article

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