Logging and forest edges reduce redundancy in plant-frugivore networks in an old-growth European forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 990-999

  Albrecht, Jörg ^a   Berens, Dana G ^a   Blüthgen, Nico ^b   Jaroszewicz, Bogdan ^c   Selva, Nuria ^d   Farwig, Nina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bia owie a Forest; Ecosystem services; Functional niche; Mutualistic networks; Optimal foraging; Plant animal interactions; Resource specialization; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; FRUGIVORY; GENERALIST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DORMANCY;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; POLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879607532     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12105     Document Type: Article

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