A new method to track seed dispersal and recruitment using 15N isotope enrichment

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3516-3525

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^b   Martínez Del Río, Carlos ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Dispersal kernel; Frugivory; Long distance dispersal; Nurse tree; Seed addition experiment; Seed dispersal; Solanum americanum; Southern Arizona; Stable isotope tracking; Tumacacori; USA

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

DICOTYLEDON; FRUGIVORY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOLANUM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPSICUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; SOLANUM;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 72949086697     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1313.1     Document Type: Article

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