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Introduction Seed traits play an important role in affecting caching behavior of various scatter hoarding animals.The relationships between seed traits and seed dispersal in animal-dispersed plants ar
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College of Agricuture,Henan University of Science and Technology,Luoyang,China
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第四届国际种子生态学大会(The 4th International Society for Seed Science
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Introduction Seed traits play an important role in affecting caching behavior of various scatter hoarding animals.The relationships between seed traits and seed dispersal in animal-dispersed plants are still contentious and need further study (Lei et al 2012).
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