Efficiency of endozoochorous seed dispersal in six dry-fruited species (Cistaceae): From seed ingestion to early seedling establishment

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Ramos, María E ^a   Robles, Ana B ^a   Castro, Jorge ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus; Fumana; Germination; Helianthemum; Herbivory; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; ZOOCHORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CISTACEAE; CISTUS; CISTUS LAURIFOLIUS; CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS; FUMANA ERICOIDES; HELIANTHEMUM APENNINUM; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745481110     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9087-y     Document Type: Article

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