Rook Spring Seed Dispersal in the Agricultural Landscape - Frugivory, Granivory or Accidental Transport?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-73

  Czarnecka, Joanna ^a   Kitowski, Ignacy ^b  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b State School of Higher Education in Che m   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endozoochory; Regurgitation pellets; Secondary dispersal; Seed predation; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEED;

POLAND;

AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 84875403214     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-012-9134-0     Document Type: Article

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