How human disturbance of tropical rainforest can influence avian fruit removal

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1405-1415

  Lefevre, Kara L ^a,b   Rodd, F Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE RESERVE; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TOBAGO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AVES; PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 69549088345     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17245.x     Document Type: Article

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