Small populations of fig trees offer a keystone food resource and conservation benefits for declining insectivorous birds

Novel restoration approaches are required to provide food and habitat for declining bird populations, particularly as pressures increase from growing human populations and climate change. Fig (Ficus) species support many frugivores but there is a gap in our knowledge about the importance of these in...

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Main Authors: K.D. Mackay, C.L. Gross, M. Rossetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418300969