Simulation of Seed Digestion by Birds: How Does It Reflect the Real Passage Through a Pigeon's Gut?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-269

  Vazačová, Kristýna ^a,b   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Endozoochory; Scarification; Seed dispersal; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIGESTION; PLANT; SCARIFICATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SIMULATION; SULFURIC ACID; ZOOCHORY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 84878770186     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-012-9146-9     Document Type: Article

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