Dispersal of freshwater invertebrates by large terrestrial mammals: A case study with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Mediterranean wetlands

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2264-2273

  Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a   Waterkeyn, Aline ^a,b   Vandecaetsbeek, Tim ^a   Pineau, Olivier ^b   Grillas, Patrick ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ectozoochory; Endozoochory; Wild boar (Sus scrofa); Zoochory

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANATIDAE; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 53249145408     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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