Enhancement of local species richness in tundra by seed dispersal through guts of muskox and barnacle goose

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a   Lundgren, Rebekka ^b,c   Philipp, Marianne ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Arctic hare; Colonization; Diversity; Endozoochory; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEABIRD; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GOOSE; GREENLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEESE; GREENLAND; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; RUMINANTS; SEEDS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; THORACICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649101880     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0892-y     Document Type: Article

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