Avian gut passage reduces seed exit costs in Sorbus aucuparia (Rosaceae) as measured by a diametral compression test

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-406

  Paulsen, Torbjørn R ^a   Lindtjørn, Ommund ^a   Gjerdet, Nils Roar ^a   Högstedt, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endozoochory; Frugivory; Gut passage; Seed mass; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

ENDOZOOCHORY; FRUGIVORY; GUT PASSAGE; SEED MASS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

SEED;

FRUGIVORY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; ZOOCHORY;

COMPRESSION TESTS; GERMINATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; TENSILE TESTERS;

AVES; ELECTRON; ROSACEAE; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 33645504613     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP05279     Document Type: Article

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