Seed dispersal facilitation and geographic consistency in bird-fruit abundance patterns

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-259

  Burns, K C ^a,b  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian seed dispersal; British Columbia; Dispersal facilitation; Fruiting phenology; Meta analysis; Phenological synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; MUTUALISM; SEED DISPERSAL; SYNCHRONY; BIRD; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHENOLOGY;

CANADA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036262360     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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