The restoration of tropical seed dispersal networks

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 852-860

  Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda ^a,b   Montoya, Daniel ^c   Furtado, Rafael ^d   Memmott, Jane ^c   Pizo, Marco A ^d   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Bristol Life Sciences Building   (United Kingdom)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Birds; Ecosystem function; Network structure; Restoration age

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NESTEDNESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84944871413     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12244     Document Type: Article

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