Reducing complexity when studying seed dispersal at community scales: A functional classification of vertebrate seed dispersers in tropical forests

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 620-634

  Dennis, Andrew J ^a   Westcott, David A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Frugivores; Granivores; Landscape; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TROPIC CLIMATE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; QUEENSLAND; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VERTEBRATES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748930824     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0475-3     Document Type: Article

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