Ecological efficiency and legitimacy in seed dispersal of an endemic shrub (Lithrea caustica) by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in central Chile

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1164-1173

  Castro, S A ^a,b   Bozinovic, F ^b   Jaksic, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alien species; Endozoochory; Germination; Herbivorous mammals; Lithrea caustica; Mediterranean ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GERMINATION; HERBIVORE; LAGOMORPH; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; ZOOCHORY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; LITHREA CAUSTICA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 43849105614     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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