Seed trait changes in dispersers' guts and consequences for germination and seedling growth

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-106

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Rodríguez Pérez, Javier ^a   Pías, Beatriz ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian digestive tract; Endozoochory; Fruit dispersers; Mediterranean fleshy fruits; Myrtus communis; Phillyrea angustifolia; Seed germination; Seed traits; Seedling growth; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PASSERINE; SEED; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYRTLE; OLEACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; GERMINATION; MYRTUS; OLEACEAE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; MYRTUS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; PHILLYREA; PHILLYREA ANGUSTIFOLIA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 40449091290     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0094.1     Document Type: Article

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