Epizoochory by large herbivores: merging data with models

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Couvreur, Martine ^a,b   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Vellend, Mark ^c   Lamoot, Indra ^b   Cosyns, Eric ^b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^b   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Donkey; Epizoochory; Fragmented dune landscape; Fur; Grazing; Herbivore movement; Nature management; Plant distribution; Seed dispersal; Spatially explicit simulation model

Indexed keywords

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EID: 41949115191     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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