The experimental study of seed dispersal by fish (ichthyochory)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-212

  Pollux, B J A ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Retention time; Seed ingestion; Seed survival; Seed viability; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650953690     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02493.x     Document Type: Review

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