Faunal influences on New Zealand seed dispersal characteristics

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Title

Faunal influences on New Zealand seed dispersal characteristics

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

A range of distinctive dispersal features have been recognised within the New Zealand flora, and a wide range of fauna are involved in the dispersal of seed in New Zealand, either by consuming fruit or seed, or as transporters of adhesive seed. In this study the composition of New Zealand's zoochorous fauna (except insects) was examined using both trait matching within environmental, morphological and behavioural variables, and compared to the trait pattern of the groups of plant species they...

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Research paper

Research format

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Article

Date created

2011-11-01

Creator

Thorsen, Michael J. / Seddon, Philip J. / Dickinson, Katharine J. M.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/33037

Related subjects

Ecology / Environmental Sciences & Ecology / Evolutionary Biology / Genetics & Heredity / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Science & Technology

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