Reassessing the importance of granivorous pigeons as massive, long-distance seed dispersers

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2321-2327

  Bucher, Enrique H ^a   Bocco, Pablo J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cordoba province; Croton; Dove weeds; Eared Dove breeding colonies; Longdistance dispersal; Pigeons; Transgenic material dispersal; Weed dispersal; Zenaida auriculata

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVIEW; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL BREEDING; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; NESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PLANT SEED; POACEAE;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COLUMBIDAE; CROP, AVIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; POACEAE; SEEDS;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; CROTON SETIGER; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 68149144438     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2077.1     Document Type: Article

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