Frugivores and seed dispersal: Mechanisms and consequences for biodiversity of a key ecological interaction

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-323

  Jordano, Pedro ^a   Forget, Pierre Michel ^b   Lambert, Joanna E ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^d,e   Traveset, Anna ^f   Wright, S Joseph ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Frugivory; Hunting; Movement ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRAGMENTATION; FRUGIVORY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HUMANS; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80051695011     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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