Passive internal dispersal of insect larvae by migratory birds

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-57

  Green, Andy J ^a   Sánchez, Marta I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Endozoochory; Internal transport; Passive dispersal; Waders

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DISPERSAL; LARVA; WADER; ZOOCHORY;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; CHIRONOMIDAE; FECES; INGESTION; INSECT; INTESTINE; LARVA; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SALINARIUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33644886022     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0413     Document Type: Article

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