How does gut passage impact endozoochorous seed dispersal success? Evidence from a gut environment simulation experiment

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 165-176

  Milotić, Tanja ^a   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Endozoochory; Germination; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960364867     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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