Nutritional and Morphological Traits of Invasive and Exotic Fleshy-fruits in South Africa

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 738-743

  Jordaan, Lorinda A ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Frugivore preference; Fruit morphology; Indigenous fruit; Invasive fruit; Nutritional content; Seed morphology

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEED;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84868653385     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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