Functional relationships beyond species richness patterns: Trait matching in plant-bird mutualisms across scales

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1085-1093

  Dehling, D Matthias ^a   Töpfer, Till ^a,b,f   Schaefer, H Martin ^c   Jordano, Pedro ^d   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^a,e   Schleuning, Matthias ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Elevational gradient; Fleshy fruited plants; Fourth corner analysis; Frugivorous birds; Functional diversity; Interaction networks; Man National Park; Mutualism; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FRUGIVORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD; MACROECOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU;

AVES;

EID: 84908390951     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12193     Document Type: Article

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