Resurrecting extinct interactions with extant substitutes

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 762-765

  Griffiths, Christine J ^a,b,c   Hansen, Dennis M ^c,d   Jones, Carl G ^b,e   Zuël, Nicolas ^b,c   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMINATION; MAURITIUS; METHODOLOGY; PERSIMMON; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIOSPYROS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GERMINATION; MAURITIUS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; DIOSPYROS; EBENACEAE; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 79955658538     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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