Germination after simulated rat damage in seeds of two endemic Hawaiian palm species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 555-558

  Pérez, Hector E ^a,b   Shiels, Aaron B ^a   Zaleski, Halina M ^a   Drake, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Captive feeding trials; Pritchardia hillebrandii; Pritchardia kaalae; Rattus rattus; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST DYNAMICS; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; RODENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARECACEAE; PRITCHARDIA HILLEBRANDII; PRITCHARDIA KAALAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 51349144650     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005257     Document Type: Article

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