Is dispersal easier than pollination? Two tests in New Zealand Loranthaceae

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-103

  Kelly, Dave ^a   Ladley, Jenny J ^a   Robertson, Alastair W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agents of decline; Alepis flavida; Bird dispersal; Disperser limitation; Frugivory; Loranthaceae; Mistletoe; Mutualisms; Peraxilla tetrapetala; Pollinator limitation

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ALEPIS FLAVIDA; ANIMALIA; ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; LORANTHACEAE; PERAXILLA TETRAPETALA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 2542533107     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512892     Document Type: Article

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