Soil seed banks near rubbing trees indicate dispersal of plant species into forests by wild boar

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-44

  Heinken, Thilo ^a   Schmidt, Marcus ^b   Von Oheimb, Goddert ^c   Kriebitzsch, Wolf Ulrich ^d   Ellenberg, Hermann ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Hessen Forst   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diaspore morphology; Directed dispersal; Epizoochory; Long distance dispersal; Sus scrofa; Temperate forest; Wallow

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 28744441561     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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