Conservation puzzle: Endangered hyacinth macaw depends on its nest predator for reproduction

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 792-796

  Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^a   Donatti, Camila I ^b   Guedes, Neiva Maria R ^c   Galetti, Mauro ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ANHANGUERA UNIDERP   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Indirect effects; Nest predation; Plant recruitment; Seed dispersal; Toco toucan

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANODORHYNCHUS HYACINTHINUS; HYACINTHUS; RAMPHASTOS TOCO; STERCULIA; STERCULIA APETALA;

EID: 40149110625     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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