Reduced germination success of temperate grassland seeds sown in dung: consequences for post-dispersal seed fate

Plant Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1038-1047

  Milotic T ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Dispersal success; endozoochory; germination; grassland species; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; CATTLE; FECES; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HORSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEED; SOWING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOCHORY;

BOS; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; FECES; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FECES; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HORSES; PLANTS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS;

EID: 84991693755     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12506     Document Type: Article

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