Composition and clumping of seeds deposited by frugivorous birds varies between forest microsites

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-471

  Blendinger, Pedro G ^a,b   Blake, John G ^a,c   Loiselle, Bette A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FRUGIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAINFOREST; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

ANIMALIA; ANTHURIUM; ARACEAE; AVES; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA SERRULATA;

EID: 79951758779     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18963.x     Document Type: Article

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