Birds as seed dispersers in deserts: suggestions from the ground-jays

Abstract The study of seed dispersal, biotic seed dispersal, and even less, the role of birds in it, have been almost neglected in deserts. Virtually absent from the literature on seed dispersal are the ground-jays, genus Podoces, four species of the crow family that inhabit arid environments, even...

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Main Author: Tiziano Londei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-04-01
Series:Avian Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00248-7