Hypercarnivorous apex predator could provide ecosystem services by dispersing seeds

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a,b   Zanón Martínez, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Costán, Andrea Silvina ^a,b   Ripple, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN STOMACH; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMINATION; PREDATOR; PUMA CONCOLOR; SPECIES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; CARNIVORY; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PUMA; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUMA; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 84955155901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19647     Document Type: Article

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