Seed dispersal by ungulates as an ecological filter: A trait-based meta-analysis

Oikos

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1109-1120

  Albert, Aurélie ^a   Auffret, Alistair G ^d   Cosyns, Eric ^e   Cousins, Sara A O ^d   D'hondt, Bram ^f   Eichberg, Carsten ^g,h   Eycott, Amy E ⁱ   Heinken, Thilo ^j   Hoffmann, Maurice ^f,k   Jaroszewicz, Bogdan ^l   Malo, Juan E ^m   Mårell, Anders ^a   Mouissie, Maarten ⁿ   Pakeman, Robin J ^o   Picard, Mélanie ^a   Plue, Jan ^d   Poschlod, Peter ^b   Provoost, Sam ^k   Schulze, Kiowa Alraune ^c   Baltzinger, Christophe ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WVI   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^k RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁿ Grontmij Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

^o SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HABITAT TYPE; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE;

UNGULATA;

EID: 84940604219     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02512     Document Type: Article

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