This study deals with a fleshy-fruited plant-bird dispersal system at a site in Mediterranean France, characterized by Quercus ilex coppices, shrublands and old fields. Among the 19 bird dispersers recorded, 14 were of small size (< 25 g), with Sylvia atricapilla, Erithacus rubecula and S. melanocephala accounting for 86.6 % of those caught in mist nets. The importance of small-sized dispersers seems to characterize the Mediterranean shrublands and evergreen woodlands in the whole of the temperate systems. The highest numbers of dispersers occurred from October to January. The seeds of 38 fleshy-fuited plants (native, cultivated and alien) were collected in seed traps. Seed rain occurred throughout the year except in May, with a maximum fr...
Among close correlations between plants and animals, there is ornithochory, i.e. seed dispersal by b...
The seed dispersal effectiveness framework allows assessing mutualistic services from frugivorous an...
Successful animal seed dispersal is the result of the interaction between frugivore behavior and the...
Migratory frugivorous birds disperse the seeds of many plant species, forming mutualistic associatio...
Seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species involves a fine temporal tuning between fruiting plants a...
Seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species involves a fine temporal tuning between fruiting plants a...
For a plant with bird-dispersed seeds, the effectiveness of seed dispersal can change with fruit ava...
The recruitment of Phillyrea latifolia L. (Oleaceae), a bird-dispersed tree of Mediterranean forest,...
Aims: Biotic interactions may be disrupted at the range boundary if the involved species are rare in...
Between-habitat variation in fruit production and bird attributes enhancing seed ingestion and remov...
Aims: Biotic interactions may be disrupted at the range boundary if the involved species are rare in...
The fruits of Pistacia terebinthus, a circum-Mediterranean tree/shrub, are consumed by an array of b...
The frugivore assemblage of the rare shrub Corema album (Empetraceae), with gulls, rabbits, carnivor...
Fleshy-fruited woody plants share a long history with humans, providing us with food and wood materi...
Summary.— Phenology of birds and berries of an isolated small forest remnant in an agricultural land...
Among close correlations between plants and animals, there is ornithochory, i.e. seed dispersal by b...
The seed dispersal effectiveness framework allows assessing mutualistic services from frugivorous an...
Successful animal seed dispersal is the result of the interaction between frugivore behavior and the...
Migratory frugivorous birds disperse the seeds of many plant species, forming mutualistic associatio...
Seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species involves a fine temporal tuning between fruiting plants a...
Seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species involves a fine temporal tuning between fruiting plants a...
For a plant with bird-dispersed seeds, the effectiveness of seed dispersal can change with fruit ava...
The recruitment of Phillyrea latifolia L. (Oleaceae), a bird-dispersed tree of Mediterranean forest,...
Aims: Biotic interactions may be disrupted at the range boundary if the involved species are rare in...
Between-habitat variation in fruit production and bird attributes enhancing seed ingestion and remov...
Aims: Biotic interactions may be disrupted at the range boundary if the involved species are rare in...
The fruits of Pistacia terebinthus, a circum-Mediterranean tree/shrub, are consumed by an array of b...
The frugivore assemblage of the rare shrub Corema album (Empetraceae), with gulls, rabbits, carnivor...
Fleshy-fruited woody plants share a long history with humans, providing us with food and wood materi...
Summary.— Phenology of birds and berries of an isolated small forest remnant in an agricultural land...
Among close correlations between plants and animals, there is ornithochory, i.e. seed dispersal by b...
The seed dispersal effectiveness framework allows assessing mutualistic services from frugivorous an...
Successful animal seed dispersal is the result of the interaction between frugivore behavior and the...