Network models of frugivory and seed dispersal: Challenges and opportunities

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-624

  Carlo, Tomás A ^a   Yang, Suann ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian mutualist; Centrality; Forest regeneration; Puerto Rico; Scaling; Specialization; Tropical pastures; Tyrannus dominicensis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRUGIVORY; GENERALIST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PASTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPECIALIZATION;

PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS;

EID: 80955142756     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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