Avian fruit preferences across a Puerto Rican forested landscape: Pattern consistency and implications for seed removal

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-131

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Groom, Martha J ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Plant phenology; Preference; Puerto Rico; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES;

PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUPHONIA MUSICA; SPERMATOPHYTA; VIREO;

EID: 0037270482     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1087-1     Document Type: Article

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