Recent advances in the study of long-distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-156

  Green, Andy J ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrate; Biological invasions; Exotic species; External transport; Internal transport; Long distance dispersal; Migratory waterbirds; Scale effects; Vector morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; INVERTEBRATE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ZOOCHORY;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 15944391398     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00147.x     Document Type: Review

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