Patterns of host use in two African mistletoes: The importance of mistletoe-host compatibility and avian disperser behaviour

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 865-873

  Roxburgh, L ^a,b   Nicolson, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Establishment; Germination; Host specificity; Loranthaceae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DISPERSAL; GERMINATION; HOST USE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SHRUB;

AVES; LORANTHACEAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 33845568807     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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