Incorporating dispersal distance into the disperser effectiveness framework: Frugivorous birds provide complementary dispersal to plants in a patchy environment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 718-728

  Spiegel, Orr ^a   Nathan, Ran ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Dispersal curve; Fragmentation; Frugivory; Long distance dispersal; Ochradenus baccatus; Onychognathus tristramii; Pycnonotus xanthopygos; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ISRAEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEDACEAE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ISRAEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEDACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; OCHRADENUS BACCATUS; ONYCHOGNATHUS TRISTRAMII; PASSERIFORMES; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS XANTHOPYGOS; QUISCALUS;

EID: 34347239693     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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