How far do birds disperse seeds in the degraded tropical landscape of Hong Kong, China?

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-140

  Weir, Jacqueline E S ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bulbuls; Dispersal distance; Frugivory; Garrulax; Global warming; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape connectivity; Pycnonotidae; Seed shadows

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

AVES; GARRULAX; GARRULAX CANORUS; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS SINENSIS;

EID: 33846408364     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9002-5     Document Type: Article

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