Experimental studies of diaspore attachment to animal coats: Predicting epizoochorous dispersal potential

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-339

  Will, Heidrun ^a   Maussner, Stefanie ^a   Tackenberg, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesive dispersal; Animal fur; Diaspore morphology; Linear model; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAIR; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SHEEP; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; DEER; FRUIT; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; DEER; FRUIT; HAIR; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 34547787098     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0731-1     Document Type: Article

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