Temporal dynamics of seed excretion by wild ungulates: Implications for plant dispersal

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2621-2632

  Picard, Mélanie ^a   Papaïx, Julien ^b,c,d   Gosselin, Frédéric ^a   Picot, Denis ^c   Bideau, Eric ^c   Baltzinger, Christophe ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian dynamic model; Digestion mode; Endozoochory; Metacommunity dynamics; Retention time; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84937022546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1512     Document Type: Article

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