The comparative effectiveness of rodents and dung beetles as local seed dispersers in Mediterranean oak forests.

The process of seed dispersal of many animal-dispersed plants is frequently mediated by a small set of biotic agents. However, the contribution that each of these dispersers makes to the overall recruitment may differ largely, with important ecological and management implications for the population...

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Main Authors: Ignacio M Pérez-Ramos, José R Verdú, Catherine Numa, Teodoro Marañón, Jorge M Lobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3806725?pdf=render