A multi-species assessment of post-dispersal seed predation in the central Chilean Andes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-201

  Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Central Chilean Andes; Granivory; Plant recruitment; Plant animal interactions; Post dispersal seed predation; Seed mortality

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GRANIVORY; PREDATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEEDS;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALSTROEMERIA; ALSTROEMERIA PALLIDA; ANARTHROPHYLLUM CUMINGII; AVES; AZORELLA MONANTHA; CHUQUIRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; FORMICIDAE; LARETIA ACAULIS; POZOA CORIACEA; RHODOPHIALA; SISYRINCHIUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 33745698907     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl087     Document Type: Article

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