Short seed-dispersal distances and low seedling recruitment in farmland populations of bird-dispersed cherry trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1349-1358

  Breitbach, Nils ^a,b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^b,c,d   Laube, Irina ^a,b,c   Schleuning, Matthias ^b,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Ecosystem function; Land use intensity; Mutualism; Plant animal interactions; Prunus avium L; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment; Turdus merula L; VHF radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; LAND USE CHANGE; MOVEMENT; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORNITHOPHILY; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84867796104     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12001     Document Type: Article

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