Effects of site and fruit size on the composition of avian frugivore assemblages in a fragmented Afrotropical forest

Oikos

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 320-330

  Githiru, M ^a,b   Lens, L ^a,c   Bennur, L A ^a   Ogol, C P K O ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SITE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036099525     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960214.x     Document Type: Article

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