Species-specific outcomes of avian gut passage on germination of Melastomataceae seeds

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-355

  Silveira, Fernando Augusto Oliveira ^a,b,c   Mafia, Pedro Oliveira ^b   Lemos Filho, José Pires ^a   Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Educação Continuada   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clidemia; Dispersal quality; Endozoochory; Frugivory; Melastomataceae; Miconia; Scarification; Seed cleaning; Seed dispersal; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

AVES; CLIDEMIA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA ALBICANS;

EID: 84868346071     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.706     Document Type: Article

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