Fruit production and predispersal seed fall and predation in Rhamnus alaternus (Rhamnaceae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Bas, Josep M ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a   Pons, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evergreen buckthorn; Fleshy fruit; Plant animal interaction; Seed and fruit fall; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEED PREDATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16844368432     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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