Do birds of a feather disperse plants together?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1390-1402

  Raulings, Elisa ^a   Morris, Kay ^a   Thompson, Ross ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biotic connectivity; Metacommunities; Waterbird dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS CASTANEA; ANAS GRACILIS; ANAS SUPERCILIOSA; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 79958735950     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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