Effects of frugivorous birds on seed retention time and germination in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

作者: Rui-Chang Quan , Ting-Ting Shi , Bo Wang

DOI: 10.13918/J.ISSN.2095-8137.2015.4.241

关键词: Interspecific competitionPlant speciesBiological dispersalBiologyBotanySeed dispersalAgronomySeed dispersal syndromeFrugivoreGerminationRetention time

摘要: The dispersal of many plants depends on transportation by birds as seed dispersers. play an important role in long distance and may also affect germination. However, for who have bird dispersers, the influence dominant non-dominant dispersers retention time (dispersal distance) germination remains poorly understood. In this study, we performed experiments with captive frugivorous fruiting plant species to study effects (SRT) (seed percentage speed). Our showed a great interspecific variation both SRT Some enhance given species, but others do not. Generally, visitors improved longer time.

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