Seed dispersal by birds in Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat.-Sen in spring and summer
南京中山植物园春夏季节鸟类对植物种子的传播作用

Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat.-Sen is a semi-natural place located at the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. It is rich in seed plants, both cultivated and wild, and contains diversified habitats within its 186 hectares area. To examine the ecological significance of mutual interactions between fruit-eating birds and fleshy-fruited plants, seed dispersal by birds was investigated in the garden during spring and summer from 2000 to 2002. 198 fecal samples from bir...