Why are small seeds dispersed through animal guts: Large numbers or seed size per se?

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 402-411

  Henrik Bruun, Hans ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745027640     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14114.x     Document Type: Article

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