Peduncles elicit large-mammal endozoochory in a dry-fruited plant

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Zhou, Youbing ^a,b   Newman, Chris ^b   Xie, Zongqiang ^a   MacDonald, David W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal dispersal agent; diaspore set; dry fruited plant; endozoochory; epizoochory; fleshy peduncle; Hovenia dulcis; mutualism; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIASPORE; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HERBIVORE; MOBILITY; MUTUALISM; PHENOLOGY; ZOOCHORY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL AGENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIASPORE SET; DRY-FRUITED PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOZOOCHORY; EPIZOOCHORY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLESHY PEDUNCLE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HOVENIA DULCIS; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RHAMNACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

ANIMAL DISPERSAL AGENT; DIASPORE SET; DRY-FRUITED PLANT; ENDOZOOCHORY; EPIZOOCHORY; FLESHY PEDUNCLE; HOVENIA DULCIS; MUTUALISM; SEED DISPERSAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GERMINATION; MAMMALS; RHAMNACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; TREES;

CHINA;

EID: 84880214409     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct096     Document Type: Article

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