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Horizontal seed dispersal by dung beetles reduced seed and seedling clumping, but did not increase short-term seedling establishment

Dung beetles are secondary seed dispersers, incidentally moving many of the seeds defecated by mammals vertically (seed burial) and/or horizontally as they process and relocate dung. Although several studies have quantified this ecological function of dung beetles, very few have followed seed fate u...

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Autores principales: Urrea-Galeano, Lina Adonay, Andresen, Ellen, Coates, Rosamond, Mora Ardila, Francisco, Díaz Rojas, Alfonso, Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31648268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224366