Do empty Juniperus communis seeds defend filled seeds against predation by Apodemus sylvaticus?

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 214-221

  García, Daniel ^a,b   Gómez, José M ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Empty seeds; Juniperus; Plant defence; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION;

SPAIN;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 1642602451     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682590     Document Type: Article

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