Molecular approach to describing a seed-based food web: The post-dispersal granivore community of an invasive plant

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1642-1652

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   Saska, Pavel ^b   Honěk, Alois ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Granivore; Gut analysis; Seed predation; Taraxacum officinale; Trophic linkages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886264589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.580     Document Type: Article

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