Endozoochorous seed dispersal by cattle and horse in a spatially heterogeneous landscape

Plant Ecology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-162

  Cosyns, Eric ^a,b   Claerbout, Sofie ^a   Lamoot, Indra ^a,b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Defecation behaviour; Endozoochory; Grassland dynamics

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GERMINATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; JUNCUS; POACEAE; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 23944464009     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-2846-3     Document Type: Article

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