Frugivory and spatial patterns of seed deposition by carnivorous mammals in anthropogenic landscapes: A multi-scale approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  López Bao, José V ^a   González Varo, Juan P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHESTNUT; FECES; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; MAMMALS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

EID: 79251619122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014569     Document Type: Article

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