Differential seed dispersal patterns generated by a common assemblage of vertebrate frugivores in three fleshy-fruited trees

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-199

  Martínez, Isabel ^a,b   García, Daniel ^a   Obeso, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crategus monogyna; Ilex aquifolium; Mammals; Seed dispersal; Taxus baccata; Thrushes

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; MAMMAL; PASSERINE; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS ILIACUS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS; TURDUS PILARIS; TURDUS VISCIVORUS; VERTEBRATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 48049095957     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-2-3096     Document Type: Article

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