Fruit traits of vertebrate-dispersed alien plants: Smaller seeds and more pulp sugar than indigenous species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2153-2163

  Gosper, Carl R ^a,b   Vivian Smith, Gabrielle ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird dispersed; Fleshy fruit; Frugivory; Fruit morphology; Invasive plant; Pulp nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FRUITING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953962957     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9617-y     Document Type: Article

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