Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 817-822

  Boch, Steffen ^a   Berlinger, Matthias ^a   Fischer, Markus ^a   Knop, Eva ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a   Türke, Manfred ^b   Prati, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gastropoda; Herbivory; Mutualism; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; FERN; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; SAMPLING; SLUG; SPORULATION; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FERN; GASTROPOD; MOSS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRYOPHYTA; FERNS; GASTROPODA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84878966373     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2536-0     Document Type: Article

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