Influence of between-year variation in the density of Rhus trichocarpa fruits on the removal of fruit by birds

Plant Ecology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Osada, Noriyuki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Display size; Fruit removal rate; Fruiting phenology; Masting

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUITING; MASTING; PHENOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

AVES; HEDERA; TOXICODENDRON TRICHOCARPUM;

EID: 21144437630     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-0068-3     Document Type: Article

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