Interspecific neighbors change seed dispersal pattern of an avian-dispersed plant

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2440-2449

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestrum diurnum; Dispersal kernel; Facilitation; Frugivory; Indirect interactions; Mimus polyglottus; Puerto Rico; Seed dispersal; Solanum americanum; Tyrannus dominicensis

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

AVES; CESTRUM; CESTRUM DIURNUM; MIMUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS;

EID: 23944510141     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1479     Document Type: Article

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