Fruit size in wild olives: Implications for avian seed dispersal

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-618

  Rey, P J ^a   Gutierrez J E ^a   Alcantara J ^a   Valera, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frugivorous birds; Fruit feeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

FRUIT SIZE; OLIVE; SEED DISPERSAL;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; GALLIFORMES; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEA EUROPAEA VAR. SYLVESTRIS; OLEACEAE; SACCOPHARYNGIDAE; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 0030733245     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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