Trait-mediated seed predation, dispersal and survival among frugivore-dispersed plants in a fragmented subtropical forest, Southwest China

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-254

  Lai, Xin ^a,b   Guo, Cong ^a   Xiao, Zhishu ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Frugivore dispersed plants; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seed traits; Seed eating rodents

Indexed keywords

CORNUS CONTROVERSA; DIOSPYROS KAKI; ELAEOCARPUS JAPONICA; RODENTIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; MALE; RODENTIA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922002915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12046     Document Type: Article

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