Frugivore behaviour determines plant distribution: A spatially-explicit analysis of a plant-disperser interaction

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-123

  Rodríguez Pérez, Javier ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Santamaria, Luis ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JUVENILE; LIZARD; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SESSILE SPECIES; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNE; PODARCIS LILFORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84856226216     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06930.x     Document Type: Article

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