The role of migratory ducks in the long-distance dispersal of native plants and the spread of exotic plants in Europe

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 919-928

  Brochet, Anne Laure ^a,b   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^c   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Green, Andy J ^d  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; INGESTION RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PROBABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 72049118450     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05757.x     Document Type: Article

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