Matrix effects on plant-frugivore and plant-predator interactions in forest fragments

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Herrera, José M ^a   García, Daniel ^a   Morales, Juan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cantabrian range; Connectivity; Forest fragmentation; Frugivory; Hierarchical Linear Models; Matrix effects; Plant animal interactions; Seed predation; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; RODENTIA;

EID: 78651253547     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9541-7     Document Type: Article

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