Impact of avian frugivores on dispersal and recruitment of the invasive Prunus serotina in an agricultural landscape

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-727

  Deckers, Bart ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Vanhellemont, Margot ^b   Maddens, Eva ^a   Muys, Bart ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Frugivory; Landscape structure; Recruitment foci; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; PASSERIFORMES; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 44049085886     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9164-3     Document Type: Article

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