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Interactions between seed traits and digestive processes determine the germinability of bird-dispersed seeds

Waterbirds disperse a wide range of plant seeds via their guts, promoting biotic connectivity between isolated habitat patches. However, the intensity of digestive forces encountered by seeds, and therefore their potential to survive digestive tract passage, varies within and between waterbird speci...

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Autores principales: Kleyheeg, Erik, Claessens, Mascha, Soons, Merel B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29614085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195026