Exotic birds increase generalization and compensate for native bird decline in plant-frugivore assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1441-1450

  García, Daniel ^a   Martínez, Daniel ^a   Stouffer, Daniel B ^b   Tylianakis, Jason M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ecological insurance; Frugivory; Mutualistic networks; New Zealand; Plant animal interactions; Redundancy; Seed dispersal; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 84909956867     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12237     Document Type: Article

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