Synchrony between fruit maturation and effective dispersers' foraging activity increases seed protection against seed predators

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1625, 2007, Pages 2515-2522

  Boulay, Raphaël ^a   Carro, Francisco ^a   Soriguer, Ramón C ^a   Cerdá, Xim ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant; Mutualism; Myrmechory; Phenology; Preadaptation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANT; COEXISTENCE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUITING; HERB; MATURATION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; POLLINATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPAIN; SYMBIOSIS; VERATRUM;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; FORMICIDAE; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34848895194     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0594     Document Type: Article

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