The key role of a ring ouzel tardus torquatus wintering population in seed dispersal of the endangered endemic juniperus cedrus in an insular environment

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-204

  Rumeu, Beatriz ^a   Padilla, David P ^a   Nogales, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Frugivorous diet; High mountain shrub; Juniperus cedrus; Ring Ouzel; Seed dispersal; Tenerife; Turdus torquatus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RED LIST; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORVUS CORAX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS CEDRUS; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 77951013640     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164509X482786     Document Type: Article

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