Bryophyte dispersal by flying foxes: A novel discovery

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-114

  Parsons, J G ^a   Cairns, A ^a   Johnson, C N ^a   Robson, S K A ^a   Shilton, L A ^b   Westcott, D A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bryophyte dispersal; Flying foxes; Microorganism dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAT; BRYOPHYTE; DISPERSAL; FEEDING; HERBIVORE; MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; CHIROPTERA; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; INVERTEBRATA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247352372     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0639-1     Document Type: Article

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