Interactions between the invasive tree Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) and native frugivores in South Africa

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Voigt, Friederike A ^a   Farwig, Nina ^b   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bat dispersal; bird dispersal; germination experiments; gut passage; pioneer; seedling distribution

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; FRUGIVORY; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PIONEER SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGI; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; PYCNONOTUS BARBATUS; TAURACO CORYTHAIX;

EID: 79959187128     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000702     Document Type: Article

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