Titre du document / Document title
The dodo and the tambalacoque tree : an obligate mutualism reconsidered
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
WITMER M. C. ;
CHEKE A. S. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Cornell univ., sect. ecology systematics, Ithaca NY 14853, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
The dodo/tambalacoque obligate mutualism notion is not supported by the evidence. Reports of 1) germination of unabraded seeds in which the seed coat ruptures along a natural zone of weakness, and 2) living tree less than 300 years old, undermine the hypothesis that tambalacoque seeds required abrasion in a dodo's gizzard before they could germinate. It is likely that the tambalacoque evolved a thick, tough seed coat in response to consumption by its dispersers, but there is no evidence that the seeds require abrasion before they can germinate (...)
Revue / Journal Title
Oikos
ISSN
0030-1299
CODEN OIKSAA
Source / Source
1991, vol. 61, n
o1, pp. 133-137 (1 p.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Blackwell, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI
(1949)
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INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 5651, 35400001458141.0150
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 5082004
