Integrating frugivory and animal movement: A review of the evidence and implications for scaling seed dispersal

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-272

  Côrtes, Marina Corrêa ^a   Uriarte, María ^a  

^a Columbia University in the City of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Animal plant interaction; Foraging behaviour; Gut retention time; Intrinsic traits; Maternity analysis; Resource selection; Scale; Seed shadow; Tracking technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875804017     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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