Dispersal of wet land plant seeds by mallards: Influence of gut passage on recovery, retention, and germination

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-299

  Wongsriphuek, Chanpen ^a   Dugger, Bruce D ^b   Bartuszevige, Anne M ^c  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b Department of Fisheries and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Endozoochory; Retention time; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; RETENTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; WADER; WETLAND;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; DIGITARIA ISCHAEMUM; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA COLONA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PANICUM DICHOTOMIFLORUM; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM LAPATHIFOLIUM; POLYGONUM PENSYLVANICUM; RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS;

EID: 55949104038     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-101.1     Document Type: Article

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