Dispersal ecology of the lowland rain forest in the Vava'u island group, Kingdom of Tonga

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-417

  Fall, Patricia L ^a   Drezner, Taly Dawn ^b   Franklin, Janet ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat dispersal; Bird dispersal; Frugivory; Fruit bats; Lowland rain forest; Seed dispersal; Tonga; Tropical rain forest; Vava'u

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; FRUGIVORY; ISLAND; PREDATOR; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; VEGETATION TYPE; ZOOCHORY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA; VAVAU;

AVES; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547232036     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250709509722     Document Type: Article

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