Raptors as legitimate secondary dispersers of weed seeds

Ibis

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 428-432

  López Darias, Marta ^a   Nogales, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Invasive species; Native raptors; Secondary seed dispersal; Weed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOXERUS GETULUS; AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84961943275     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12360     Document Type: Article

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