Birds transport nutrients to fragmented forests in an urban landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 648-654

  Fujita, Motoko ^a   Koike, Fumito ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian feces; Diet analysis; Fragmented forest; Nitrogen; Nutrient flow; Phosphorus; Stable isotope ratio; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; EVERGREEN FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASSERINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CITY; FECES; JAPAN; SEASON; TREE; WASTE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON; CITIES; FECES; GARBAGE; JAPAN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS; TREES;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247277712     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0118     Document Type: Article

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