Shifts in community structure of tropical trees and avian frugivores in forests recovering from past logging

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Velho, Nandini ^a   Ratnam, Jayashree ^a   Srinivasan, Umesh ^a   Sankaran, Mahesh ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian frugivore; Hunting; Logging; North east India; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Visitation rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOWER VISITING; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FRUITING; HUNTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA;

AVES;

EID: 84862740244     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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