Do frugivorous birds assist rainforest succession in weed dominated oldfield regrowth of subtropical Australia?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-407

  Neilan, Wendy ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Kanowski, John ^a   McKenna, Stephen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cinnamomum camphora; Exotic; Reforestation; Restoration; Seed dispersal; Succession

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRYOBALANOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644543070     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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