Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach

We carried out a seed germination experiment using two thrush species in captivity. We compared the number of germinated seeds and germination time of control seeds (manually removed from fruits) and ingested seeds of Miconia prasina by two bird species, Turdus albicollis and T. amaurochalinus, and...

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Main Authors: MAS. Alves, PD. Ritter, RD. Antonini, EM. Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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