When is it coevolution? The case of ground wētā and fleshy fruits in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Morgan Richards, Mary ^a   Trewick, Steve A ^a   Dunavan, Scott ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Kurinui   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fruit colour; Gaultheria; Hemiandrus; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL;

COPROSMA; GAULTHERIA; HEMIANDRUS; LEUCOPOGON; MUEHLENBECKIA;

EID: 46849111780     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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