A simple parametric method for reducing sample sizes in gut passage time trials

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2328-2331

  Rawsthorne, John ^a   Roshier, David A ^a   Murphy, Sean R ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthagenys rufogularis; Amyema quandang; Dicaeum hirundinaceum; Frugivore; Gamma; Gut passage time; Lognormal; Mistletoebird; Parametric distribution; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow; Spiny cheeked Honey eater

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DATA ACQUISITION; PARAMETERIZATION; PARASITIC PLANT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MISTLETOE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDS;

ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS; AMYEMA; DICAEUM HIRUNDINACEUM; SANTALUM ACUMINATUM;

EID: 68149134875     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1137.1     Document Type: Article

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