Differential effects of fruit availability and habitat cover for frugivore-mediated seed dispersal in a heterogeneous landscape

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1100-1107

  Herrera, José M ^a   Morales, Juan M ^b   García, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Range; Crataegus monogyna; Dispersal; Frugivore behaviour; Habitat fragmentation; Heterogeneity; Plant animal interactions; Seed dispersal kernels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST COVER; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA;

EID: 80051764432     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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