Generalized avian dispersal syndrome contributes to Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum, Euphorbiaceae) invasiveness

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 285-295

  Renne, Ian J ^a,c   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^b   Johnson Randall, Lori A ^b   Bridges Jr , William C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian seed dispersal; Biological invasions; Regional dispersal syndromes

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; COLAPTES AURATUS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GALLIFORMES; MELANERPES CAROLINUS; SAPIUM; SAPIUM SEBIFERUM; SIALIA SIALIS; STURNUS VULGARIS; TRIADICA SEBIFERA; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0036724218     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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