Gut passage effect of the introduced red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) on germination of invasive plant species in Mauritius

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-277

  Linnebjerg, Jannie F ^a   Hansen, Dennis M ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clidemia hirta; Invasional meltdown; Invasive species; Ligustrum robustum; Seed dispersal; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GERMINATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; SEED DISPERSAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM ROBUSTUM; PYCNONOTUS JOCOSUS;

EID: 65249147206     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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