The ecological significance of secondary seed dispersal by carnivores

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hämäläinen, Anni ^a   Broadley, Kate ^a   Droghini, Amanda ^a   Haines, Jessica A ^a   Lamb, Clayton T ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a   Gilbert, Sophie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diplochory; Diploendozoochory; Fragmentation; Indirect dispersal; Invasive species; Polychory; Predator; Secondary dispersal; Seed dispersal; Seed dispersal effectiveness; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014090177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1685     Document Type: Article

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