Fruit-frugivore interactions in two southern hemisphere forests: Allometry, phylogeny and body size

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1901-1907

  Burns, Kevin C ^a   Lake, Babs ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 71049154885     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17661.x     Document Type: Article

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