Do frugivores respond to fruit harvest? An experimental study of short-term responses

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2600-2612

  Moegenburg, Susan M ^a,b   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Euterpe oleracea; Extractive reserves; Fruit harvest; Fruit tracking; Fruit frugivore interactions; Non timber forest products; Palm trees; Parrots; Vertebrate population ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUTERPE OLERACEA; MAMMALIA; PSITTACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242342636     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0063     Document Type: Article

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