Partitioning the relative contribution of one-phase and two-phase seed dispersal when evaluating seed dispersal effectiveness

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-186

  Culot, Laurence ^a,b,c   Huynen, Marie Claude ^b   Heymann, Eckhard W ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diplochory; Primary seed dispersal; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed burial; Seed dispersal effectiveness; Seed survival

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84922406626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12317     Document Type: Article

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