Allometric scaling of long-distance seed dispersal by migratory birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 649-662

  Viana, Duarte S ^a   Santamaría, Luis ^b   Michot, Thomas C ^c   Figuerola, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Endozoochory; Long distance dispersal; Mechanistic model; Migratory birds; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BODY SIZE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEED DISPERSAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84876374666     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670025     Document Type: Article

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