Constant properties of plant-frugivore networks despite fluctuations in fruit and bird communities in space and time

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1296-1306

  Plein, Michaela ^a,b   Langsfeld, Laura ^a   Neuschulz, Eike Lena ^a   Schulthei, Christina ^a,c   Ingmann, Lili ^a   Topfer, Till ^a,d   Bohning Gaese, Katrin ^a,e   Schleuning, Matthias ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic landscape modification; Central Germany; Frugivory; Fruits; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Mutualistic networks; Plant bird interactions; Seasonal fluctuation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; FRUITING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; MUTUALISM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GERMANY; TIME FACTORS;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84879588313     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1213.1     Document Type: Article

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