Responses of seed-dispersing birds to amount of rainforest in the landscape around fragments

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 551-560

  Moran, Cath ^a,b   Catterall, Carla P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest cover; Frugivore; Fruit; Functional connectivity; Patch size; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; FOREST COVER; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 84896319516     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12236     Document Type: Article

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