The Comparative Effectiveness of Rodents and Dung Beetles as Local Seed Dispersers in Mediterranean Oak Forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a   Verdú, José R ^b   Numa, Catherine ^b   Marañón, Teodoro ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; FOREST STAND; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; OAK; PREDATION; RODENT; SCRUB; SEED DISPERSAL; SPAIN; THORECTES LUSITANICUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTS; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SEED DISPERSAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84885967253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077197     Document Type: Article

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