Deposition of exotic bird-dispersed seeds into three habitats of a fragmented landscape in the northeastern United States

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-67

  McCay, Timothy S ^a   McCay, Deanna H ^a   Czajka, Jessica L ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Fragmented forest landscape; Invasion; Old fields; Plantations; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEPOSITION; DIET; FRUIT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OLD FIELD; PLANTATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN;

ACER; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; FAGUS; LONICERA; LONICERA MORROWII; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; ROSA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 67849126590     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9509-8     Document Type: Article

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