Tests of disperser specificity between frugivorous birds and rainforest fruits in New Guinea

Emu

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-146

  Brown, Eleanor D ^a   Hopkins, M J G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SIZE SELECTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMPEPHAGIDAE; COLUMBIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); GALLIFORMES; LANIIDAE; MELIPHAGIDAE; NECTARINIIDAE; PACHYCEPHALIDAE; PARADISAEIDAE; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0036063169     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU00082     Document Type: Article

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