“Liaisons dangereuses”: The invasive red-vented bulbul ( Pycnonotus cafer ), a disperser of exotic plant species in New Caledonia

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Thibault, Martin, Masse, Felix, Pujapujane, Aurore, Lannuzel, Guillaume, Bordez, Laurent, Brescia, Fabrice, VIDAL, Eric, Fogliani, Bruno, Potter, Murray A.
• Other Authors: Massey University, Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien (IAC), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: conservation; seed dispersal effectiveness; plant community; invasive bird; island; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; Bird Island; Main Island
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02087320; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02087320/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02087320/file/Thibault_et_al-2018-Ecology_and_Evolution.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4140

International audience The biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia hosts high levels of endemism (74% of flora) that is threatened increasingly by climate change, habitat reduction, and inva-sive species. The fruit-eating red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is currently invading the main island of th...