Invasive rats and recent colonist birds partially compensate for the loss of endemic New Zealand pollinators

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1597-1605

  Pattemore, David E ^a   Wilcove, David S ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Ecosystem function; Extinction; New Zealand; Pollination; Vertebrate pollinators

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PASSERINE; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; VERTEBRATA; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 84857933358     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2036     Document Type: Article

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