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Seed dispersal by animals: exact identification of source trees with endocarp DNA microsatellites.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2001
Godoy J A, Jordano P
Abstract excerpt
A long-standing challenge in studies of seed dispersal by animal frugivores has been the characterization of the spatial relationships between dispersed seeds and the maternal plants, i.e. the seed shadow. The difficulties to track unambiguously the origin of frugivore-dispersed seeds in natural communities has been considered an unavoidable limitation of the research field and precluded a robust analysis of the...
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