Asymmetrical Dependence Between a Neotropical Mistletoe and its Avian Seed Disperser

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-293

  Guerra, Tadeu J ^a,b   Pizo, Marco A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet assessment; Elaenia cristata; Highland rocky savanna; Seed dispersal effectiveness; Struthanthus flexicaulis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; ELAENIA CRISTATA; LORANTHACEAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STRUTHANTHUS; TYRANNIDAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84899976444     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12112     Document Type: Article

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