Birds as agents of seed dispersal in a human-dominated landscape in southern Costa Rica

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 536-544

  Pejchar, Liba ^a   Pringle, Robert M ^a   Ranganathan, Jai ^a   Zook, James R ^b   Duran, Guillermo ^c   Oviedo, Federico ^c   Daily, Gretchen C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Las Cruces Biological Station ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Avian frugivores; Biodiversity; Costa Rica; Countryside biogeography; Remote sensing; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

AVES;

EID: 39749100575     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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