Can Functional Traits Predict Ecological Interactions? A Case Study Using Rain forest Frugivores and Plants in Australia

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-326

  Moran, Cath ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird; Degree of frugivory; Diet composition; Gape width; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIET; FRUGIVORY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GAP DYNAMICS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77954101427     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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