Internal transport of seeds by migratory waders in the Odiel marshes, south-west Spain: Consequences for long-distance dispersal

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Sánchez, Marta I ^a,c   Green, Andy J ^a   Castellanos, Eloy M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; HERB; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; WADER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; AIZOACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; ASTERACEAE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; LIMOSA LIMOSA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM NODIFLORUM; SCOLOPACIDAE; SONCHUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; TRINGA ERYTHROPUS; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 33646254408     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03719.x     Document Type: Article

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