Internal dispersal of seed-inhabiting insects by vertebrate frugivores: A review and prospects

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Hernández, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestion resistant insects; Endozoochory; Frugivory; Tetratrophic interactions; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; PASSERI; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MAMMALS; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 84868110226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00245.x     Document Type: Review

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