Frugivore Behavioural Details Matter for Seed Dispersal: A Multi-Species Model for Cantabrian Thrushes and Trees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Morales, Juan Manuel ^a   García, Daniel ^b   Martínez, Daniel ^b   Rodriguez Pérez, Javier ^b   Herrera, José Manuel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; FOREST; FRUGIVORE; FRUITING; GENUS; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEED DISPERSAL; SIMULATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SONGBIRDS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 84878897914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065216     Document Type: Article

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