Plant-frugivore interactions in an intact tropical forest in north-east Thailand

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-212

  Sankamethawee, Wangworn ^a,b   Pierce, Andrew J ^a   Gale, George A ^a   Hardesty, Britta Denise ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian frugivore; Nestedness; Plant frugivore networks; Seed dispersal; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; PYCNONOTIDAE; SAURAUIA; SIALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; THAILAND; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS; THAILAND; TREES;

EID: 83455250755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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