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The timing of seed dispersal in Viola nuttallii: attraction of dispersers and avoidance of predators

Authors: Turnbull, C. L.; Culver, D. C.
Year: 1983
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 59, pp. 360-365
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00378862
Keywords: PHENOLOGY, PREDATION, RMBL, SEED DISPERSAL

Abstract

The hypothesis that a sychrony of the time of seed dispersal and the period when most ants (mutualists) and least rodents (predators) are active would be advantageous to the plant species is discussed.

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