Exotic guavas are foci of forest regeneration in Kenyan farmland

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-112

  Berens, Dana Gertrud ^a,b   Farwig, Nina ^a,b   Schaab, Gertrud ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frugivorous birds; Kakamega Forest; Landscape management; Psidium guajava; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FRUITING; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 38149111786     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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