A snake in paradise: Disturbance of plant reproduction following extirpation of bird flower-visitors on Guam

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2146-2154

  Mortensen, Hanne Skovgaard ^a   Dupont, Yoko Luise ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Brown tree snake; Cascade extinction; Indirect effects; Mariana Islands; Pacific

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOWER VISITING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MANGROVE; NATIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SEED SET; SNAKE;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAIPAN;

AVES; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; ERYTHRINA (BIRD); ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA VAR. ORIENTALIS; HEXAPODA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49149117383     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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