Effectiveness of Mistletoe Seed Dispersal by Tyrant Flycatchers in a Mixed Andean Landscape

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Montaño Centellas, Flavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivian Andes; Mionectes striaticollis; Phthirusa retroflexa; Redundancy; Spatial patterns; Struthanthus acuminatus; Zimmerius bolivianus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

AVES; MIONECTES STRIATICOLLIS; PHTHIRUSA; STRUTHANTHUS; TYRANNIDAE; VISCUM ALBUM; ZIMMERIUS BOLIVIANUS;

EID: 84874475876     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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