Endozoochory of seeds and invertebrates by migratory waterbirds in Oklahoma, USA

Limnetica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Green, Andy J ^a   Frisch, Dagmar ^b   Michot, Thomas C ^c   Allain, Larry K ^d   Barrow, Wylie C ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas carolinensis; Bryozoa; Charadrius vociferus; Cyperaceae; Dispersal ability; Endozoochory; Ostracoda; Plumatella

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BRYOZOAN; DISPERSAL; FECES; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OSTRACOD; SEDGE; WADER; WATERFOWL; ZOOCHORY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880245543     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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