White sweetclover (Melilotus albus) and narrowleaf hawksbeard (Crepis tectorum) seed germination after passing through moose

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Seefeldt, Steven S ^a   Collins, William B ^a   Kuhl, Joseph C ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endozoic distribution; Endozoochorous dispersal; Seed transport

Indexed keywords

CREPIS; CREPIS TECTORUM; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS ALBA;

EID: 77952592358     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-09-034.1     Document Type: Article

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