Granivory of birds and seed dispersal: Viable seeds of Amaranthus retroflexus L. Recovered from the droppings of the Grey Partridge Perdix Perdix L.

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Czarnecka, Joanna ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amaranthus retroflexus; Dicotyledonous weeds; Pedrix pedrix; Seed digestion; Weed dispersal

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EXCRETION; GAMEBIRD; GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; VIABILITY; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; AVES; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; PERDIX; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 67649086694     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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