Resource tracking by avian frugivores in mountain habitats of northern Spain

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Guitián, José ^a   Munilla, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUITING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 38649113554     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16316.x     Document Type: Article

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