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Anachronic Fruit Traits and Natural History Suggest Extinct Megafauna Herbivores as the Dispersers of an Endangered Tree
Megafaunal seed dispersal syndrome refers to a group of traits attributed to the evolution of plants in the presence of large mammals. Present-day plants that bear these traits in areas where megafauna are absent are presumed to represent anachronic dispersal systems. Gomortega keule is an endangere...
Autores principales: | Muñoz-Concha, Diego, Muñoz, Karla, Loayza, Andrea P. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33167312 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9111492 |
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