Seed dispersal effectiveness in a plant-lizard interaction and its consequences for plant regeneration after disperser loss

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-280

  Rodríguez Pérez, Javier ^a,b   Traveset, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daphne rodriguezii; Mutualism disruption; Podarcis lilfordi; Saurochory; Seed ingestion; Seed size; Seedling emergence and survival

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GERMINATION; LIZARD; MUTUALISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

DAPHNE; PODARCIS LILFORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77951978222     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9671-7     Document Type: Article

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