Urbanized landscapes favored by fig-eating birds increase invasive but not native juvenile strangler fig abundance

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1571-1580

  Caughlin, Trevor ^a,b   Wheeler, Jessica H ^b   Jankowski, Jill ^a,c   Lichstein, Jeremy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Bird dispersal; Ficus microcarpa; Florida; Invasive and native fig species; Inverse model; Propagule pressure; Seed addition experiment; Seed dispersal; Seed limitation; Urbanization; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PROPAGULE; RANGE EXPANSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FICUS; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FICUS; FLORIDA; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; URBAN RENEWAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FICUS MICROCARPA;

EID: 84864213487     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1694.1     Document Type: Article

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