Seed dispersal in urban green space - Does the rook Corvus frugilegus L. contribute to urban flora homogenization?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-366

  Czarnecka, J ^a   Kitowski, I ^b   Sugier, P ^a   Mirski, P ^c   Krupinski D ^d   Pitucha, G ^e  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Institute of Mathematics and Information Technology The State School of Higher Education in Chelm   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d Wildlife Society Stork   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alien species; Communal roosts; Endozoochory; Non standard dispersal; Regurgitation pellets

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT TYPE; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SONGBIRD; URBAN PLANNING; ZOOCHORY;

POLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 84881556436     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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