Dung beetles as secondary seed dispersers in a temperate grassland

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 542-549

  D'hondt, Bram ^a   Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b   Bonte, Dries ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agrostis; Diplochory; Poa; Secondary dispersal; Seed burial; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; BOS; COLEOPTERA; EQUIDAE; GEOTRUPES; POA;

EID: 47049087673     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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