Introduced birds incompletely replace seed dispersal by a native frugivore

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pejchar, Liba ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological processes; Forest regeneration; Frugivory; Hawaiian islands; Invasive species; Mutualism; Plant animal interactions; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MYADESTES OBSCURUS;

EID: 84939802109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv072     Document Type: Article

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