Frugivory and habitat use by thrushes (Turdus spp.) in a suburban area in south Brazil

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-436

  Gasperin, Gabriel ^a   Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Exotic plants; Frugivory; Habitat use; Seed dispersal; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS ALBICOLLIS; TURDUS AMAUROCHALINUS; TURDUS LEUCOMELAS; TURDUS RUFIVENTRIS;

EID: 70350399338     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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