Avian seed dispersal of an invasive shrub

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1013-1022

  Bartuszevige, Anne M ^a,b   Gorchov, David L ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American robin; Cedar waxwing; Exotic plant; Lonicera maackii; Ohio; Seed germination; Seed shadow; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIET; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 33747133016     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-3634-2     Document Type: Article

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