Table 1 Common bird dispersers visiting Taxus chinensis across different geographical regions
From: Bulbuls and crows provide complementary seed dispersal for China’s endangered trees
Bird species | Number of visits per year | Foraging amounts of fruits per visit (mean ± SE) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shuangkeng | Chongtou | Tongkeng | Shuangkeng | Chongtou | Tongkeng | |
Crows | ||||||
Urocissa erythrorhyncha | 23 | 15 | 28 | 5.4 ± 1.8 | 16.3 ± 9.1 | 6.4 ± 1.9 |
Copsychus saularis | 21 | 8.0 ± 3.5 | ||||
Dendrocitta formosae | 12 | 19.9 ± 11.5 | 2.0 | |||
Corvus macrorhynchos | 1 | 10.0 | ||||
Bulbuls | ||||||
Hypsipetes castanonotus | 22 | 13 | 49 | 4.6 ± 1.4 | 9.6 ± 9.9 | 3.0 ± 0.9 |
Hypsipetes mcclellandii | 75 | 2 | 12 | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 12.0 ± 4.0 | 3.3 ± 0.8 |
Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 243 | 16.0 ± 14.6 | ||||
Pycnonotus jocosus | 1 | 16.2 ± 14.2 | ||||
Spizixos semitorques | 4 | 11.3 ± 7.9 | ||||