Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica disperse seeds of Rooikrans Acacia cyclops, an invasive alien plant in the Fynbos Biome

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Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 468-471

  Underhill, Les G ^a   Hofmeyr, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; DIGESTION; FRUGIVORY; GRANIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; PASSERINE; ROOST SITE; SEED DISPERSAL;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA CYCLOPS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 34447119756     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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