Comparing seed dispersal effectiveness by frugivores at the community level

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 808-818

  González Castro, Aarón ^a,c   Calviño Cancela, María ^b   Nogales, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Functional redundancy; Germination; Island ecology; Ornithochory; Saurochory; Seed rain; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRUGIVORY; LIZARD; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SIMULATION;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEED DISPERSAL; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; ISLANDS; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPAIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84926109616     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0655.1     Document Type: Article

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