A native besieged: Effects of normative frugivores and ground vegetation on seed removal in a highly endangered hawaiian shrub, delissea rhytidosperma (campanulaceae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Erwin, Tracy L ^a   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GRASS; GROUND COVER; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; SLUG;

CAMPANULACEAE; DELISSEA; DELISSEA RHYTIDOSPERMA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OPLISMENUS HIRTELLUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77952664760     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.033     Document Type: Article

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