Early fate of Myristica hypargyraea seeds dispersed by Ducula pacifica in Tonga, Western Polynesia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-382

  Meehan, Hayley J ^a,d   Mcconkey, Kim R ^a,c   Drake, Donald R ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c A V Ramarao Research Foundation   (India)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ducula pacifica; Myristica hypargyraea; Polynesia; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; ZOOCHORY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA; WORLD;

AVES; COLUMBA; DUCULA; DUCULA PACIFICA; MYRISTICA; PSITTACIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS TONGANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21444441695     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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