Effect of native and alien vertebrate frugivores on seed viability and germination patterns of Rubia fruticosa (Rubiaceae) in the eastern Canary Islands

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  2005

• Venue

  Functional Ecology

• Publication date

  2005-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.0269-8463.2005.00975.X
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