Species richness matters for the quality of ecosystem services: A test using seed dispersal by frugivorous birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1740, 2012, Pages 3106-3113

  García, Daniel ^a   Martínez, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem function; Functional complementarity; Habitat loss; Seed rain; Species richness; Turdus spp

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FACILITATION; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TESTING METHOD;

AVES; TURDUS;

EID: 84863112423     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0175     Document Type: Article

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