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Orellana,José I; Smith-Ramírez,Cecilia; Rau,Jaime R; Sade,Soraya; Gantz,Alberto; Valdivia,Carlos E. |
BACKGROUND: Frugivorous birds are phenologically linked to the fruits that they eat. When there is less fruit in seasonal environments, frugivorous birds complement their diet by eating invertebrates. The depth of the phenological link between frugivorous birds and their dietary resources has not been studied until now. The objective was to determine the possible phenological synchrony between the Austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii) and its dietary resource, fruits and annelids, found in the fragmented forests in the South of Chile. RESULTS: The numbers of thrushes, annelids, and fruits in fragments of native forest and anthropogenic grassland in Chile's Lake District were estimated annually. Spatial variation (i.e., forest and grassland) and seasonal... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Annelids; Fleshy fruit; Phenology; Seasonality; Turdus. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100010 |
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