Seed disperser effectiveness: The quantity component and patterns of seed rain for Prunus mahaleb

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 591-615

  Jordano, Pedro ^a   Schupp, Eugene W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian frugivory; Fruit removal; Fruit size; Mediterranean scrubland; Mutualism; Plant demography; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; Spain; Sylvia; Turdus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GALLIFORMES; PARUS ATER; PERCIDAE; PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS; PHOENICURUS OCHRURUS; PRUNUS MAHALEB; SYLVIA; SYLVIA COMMUNIS; TURDUS; TURDUS VISCIVORUS;

EID: 0033731586     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0591:sdetqc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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