Frugivory and factors influencing visitation by birds at 'Balo' (Plocama pendula Ait., Rubiaceae) plants in the Canary Islands

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-538

  Nogales, Manuel ^a   Valido, Alfredo ^a   Medina, Félix M ^a   Delgado, Juan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird foraging; Frugivory; Parus; Plocama; Seed dispersers; Seed predators; Serinus; Sylvia

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY;

CANARY ISLANDS;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PLOCAMA PENDULA; SERINUS CANARIUS; SYLVIA CONSPICILLATA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 0033509229     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682551     Document Type: Article

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