Spatial dynamics of Ilex aquifolium populations seed dispersal and seed bank: Understanding the first steps of regeneration

Plant Ecology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Arrieta, Sagrario ^a   Suárez, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fleshy fruit; Microhabitat; Seed predation; Seed viability; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

MICROHABITAT; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM;

EID: 21644477955     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-2186-y     Document Type: Article

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