Crop size is more important than neighborhood fruit availability for fruit removal of Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) by bird seed dispersers

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-899

  Blendinger, Pedro G ^a   Villegas, Mariana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Frugivorous birds; Heterospecific neighborhood; Legitimate seed dispersers; Montane forest; Seed dispersal; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; FRUGIVORY; FRUITING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIFE HISTORY; MONTANE FOREST; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; EURYPHARYNGIDAE; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 79953790690     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9873-z     Document Type: Article

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