Seed Dispersal Patterns by Large Frugivorous Mammals in a Degraded Mosaic Landscape

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-627

  Matías, Luis ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Mendoza, Irene ^a,b   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Mediterranean habitats; Red fox; Seed dispersal; Seed viability; Sierra Nevada; Stone marten; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FECES; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT; MAMMAL; PATCH SIZE; REFORESTATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUBLAND; WOODY PLANT;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES FOINA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77953164475     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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