Birds as mediators of passive restoration during early post-fire recovery

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 342-350

  Cavallero, Laura ^a   Raffaele, Estela ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Mobile links; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; Seedlings; Standing burned trees

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DEFECATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST FIRE; FRUGIVORY; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; WOODY PLANT; ZOOCHORY;

AVES;

EID: 84872385809     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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