Morphology predicts species’ functional roles and their degree of specialization in plant–Frugivore interactions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1823, 2016, Pages

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Fleshy fruited plants; Frugivorous birds; Functional diversity; Mutualistic interactions; Traits

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BIRD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PREDATION; RESOURCE USE; SEED DISPERSAL;

AVES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84955580588     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2444     Document Type: Article

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