Internal dispersal of seeds by waterfowl: Effect of seed size on gut passage time and germination patterns

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-565

  Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Charalambidou, Iris ^b,c   Santamaria, Luis ^b,d   Green, Andy J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal quality; Effective seed shadow; Effects of seed ingestion by vertebrates; Endozoochory; Germination rate; Seed dispersal; Seed size

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE FLOW; GERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOVEMENT; SEDGE; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE; WATERFOWL; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTION; DUCK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POTAMOGETONACEAE; PROBABILITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIGESTION; DUCKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; KINETICS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POTAMOGETONACEAE; PROBABILITY; SEEDS; VERTEBRATES;

ANATIDAE; AVES; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS LITORALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955558095     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0671-1     Document Type: Article

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