Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1072-1081

  Markl, Julia S ^a   Schleuning, Matthias ^a   Forget, Pierre Michel ^b   Jordano, Pedro ^c   Lambert, Joanna E ^d   Traveset, Anna ^e   Wright, S Joseph ^f   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,g  

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

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Habitat fragmentation; Hunting; Meta analysis; Seed removal; Seed size; Selective logging; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; META-ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTRY; FRUIT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYOPHYTA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTRY; FRUIT; HUMANS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84868659633     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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