Frugivory and seed dispersal: Integrating patterns, mechanisms and consequences of a key animal-plant interaction

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-167

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a   Campos Arceiz, Ahimsa ^b   Steele, Michael A ^c   Xiong, Wenhua ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 80955138616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00256.x     Document Type: Editorial

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