The effectiveness of endozoochory in three avian seed predators

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-73

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Czarnecka, Joanna ^b   Goławski, Artur ^c   Karg, Jerzy ^d   Panek, Marek ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^e Research Station   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bird droppings; Granivores; Intact seeds; Seed dispersal; Seed predators; Unassisted dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GAMEBIRD; GRANIVORY; PASSERINE; PREDATOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; ZOOCHORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

AVES; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; INVERTEBRATA; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 84963918671     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1248-8     Document Type: Article

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