At a loss for birds: Insularity increases asymmetry in seed-dispersal networks

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-394

  Schleuning, Matthias ^a   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,b   Dehling, D Matthias ^a   Burns, Kevin C ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Frugivore; Fruit; Island; Isolation; Mutualistic networks; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; COLONIZATION; FRUIT; ISOLATION EFFECT; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84896734932     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12134     Document Type: Article

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