Consequences of southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius, L.) gut passage and deposition pattern on the germination of rainforest seeds

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-333

  Bradford, Matt G ^a   Westcott, David A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cassowary; Frugivore; Germination; Large seeded fruit; Seed dispersal; Seed ingestion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CASUARIIDAE; CASUARIUS CASUARIUS;

EID: 77952916469     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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