Decline of the Dodo-tree: a case of broken down interaction with extinct species or the result of new interactions with alien invadors?

Code (CO)	MSI04P3966
Author (AU)	Florens, F. B. V. Baider, C. Florens, D. Sevathian, J.-C.
Title - English (ET)	Decline of the Dodo-tree: a case of broken down interaction with extinct species or the result of new interactions with alien invadors?
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Biotic Interactions in the Tropics - Special Symposium of the Bristish Ecological Society and Annual Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Abstracts
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2003
Source (SO)	p. 39
Publisher (PB)	London: British Ecological Society
Notes (NO)	Abstract only
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	The decline in the population of the mauritius endemic Tambalacoque tree (Sapotaceae) has been attributed to many factors including a broken down mutualism with Dodos. However little rigorous scientific data support these factors. We investigated the tree's ecology and identified two overwhelming threats that will enable the species' effective conservation.
Descriptors - English (DE)	Dodo Fauna ecology
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Fauna
Date record entered (DA)	2004-01-28
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	Herb
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	HERB