Effectiveness of a varied assemblage of seed dispersers of a fleshy-fruited plant

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3503-3515

  Calvĩno Cancela, María ^a   Martín Herrero, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Computer simulation; Corema album; Larus michahellis; Mutualism; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Plant animal interactions; Recruitment model; Resampling techniques; Seed dispersal; Spain; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRUIT; MICROHABITAT; MUTUALISM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SCRUB; SEABIRD; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIGESTION; ERICACEAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABBIT; SEEDLING; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIGESTION; ERICACEAE; GERMINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABBITS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; COREMA ALBUM; ERICACEAE; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 72949122174     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1629.1     Document Type: Article

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