Passage through bird guts causes interspecific differences in seed germination characteristics
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Functional Ecology
- Vol. 15 (5), 669-675
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00561.x
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ecology of fruit‐colour polymorphism in Myrtus communis and differential effects of birds and mammals on seed germination and seedling growthJournal of Ecology, 2001
- Secondary Metabolites Of Fleshy Vertebrate‐Dispersed Fruits: Adaptive Hypotheses And Implications For Seed DispersalThe American Naturalist, 1997
- Do Some Bird‐Dispersed Fruits Contain Natural Laxatives? A CommentEcology, 1996
- Fruit Laxatives and Seed Passage Rates in Frugivores: Consequences for Plant Reproductive SuccessEcology, 1994
- Passage of Legume and Grass Seeds Through the Digestive Tract of Cattle and Their Survival in FaecesJournal of Applied Ecology, 1993
- Evolutionary Implications of Fruit-Processing Limitations in Cedar WaxwingsThe American Naturalist, 1991
- Does Ingestion by Birds Affect Seed Germination?Functional Ecology, 1991
- Differential Germination of Two Closely Related Species of Solanum in Response to Bird IngestionOikos, 1990
- The ecology of seed dispersal in two species of callitrichid primates (Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis)American Journal of Primatology, 1986
- Plant-Animal Mutualism: Coevolution with Dodo Leads to Near Extinction of PlantScience, 1977