A simple null model predicts fruit-frugivore interactions in a temperate rainforest

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-432

  Burns, K C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MUTUALISM; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33751247643     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15068.x     Document Type: Article

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