Seed transfer among bird-dispersed trees and its consequences for post-dispersal seed fate

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-543

  García, Daniel ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Obeso, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background seed density; Contagious seed dispersal; Density dependent mortality; NW Spain; Post dispersal seed predation

Indexed keywords

AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; RODENTIA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 35148841517     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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