Seed dispersal by pulp consumers, not "legitimate" seed disperses, increases Guettarda viburnoides population growth

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2684-2695

  Loayza, Andrea P ^a,c   Knight, Tiffany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Avian seed dispersal; Bolivian savanna; Cyanocorax cyanomelas; Disperser effectiveness; Frugivory; Guettarda vibumoides; Matrix models; Neotropical birds; Pteroglossus castanotis; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; FRUGIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RUBIACEAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUBIACEAE; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CYANOCORAX CYANOMELAS; GUETTARDA; PTEROGLOSSUS CASTANOTIS; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77956592118     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0480.1     Document Type: Article

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