Seed dispersal : theory and its application in a changing world /

• Corporate Authors: CSIRO (Australia), Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management., International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Disperal
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Seeds > Congresses. > Dispersal; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Establishment.; Nature conservation.; Seed characteristics.; Seed dispersal.; Seedlings.; Seeds.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "Most of the chapters in this book are derived from presentations given at the Fourth International Symposium/Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal held in Brisbane, Australia, in 2005"--Pref.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 684 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The chapters of this book on seed dispersal are divided into four parts: (1) frugivores and frugivory (8 chapters); (2) seed and seedling shadows (7 chapters); (3) seed fate and establishment (eight chapters); and (4) management implications and conservation (six chapters). The book presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge.