Dietary circumvention of acorn tannins by blue jays - Implications for oak demography

Oecologia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 159-164

  Johnson, W Carter ^a   Thomas, Libby ^a   Adkisson, Curtis S ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caching; Dispersal; Fagaceae; Foraging; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

ACORN; BLUE JAY; CACHING; JAY; OAK; PIN OAK; RECRUITMENT; TANNIN; WEEVIL; WHITE OAK;

CURCULIO; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0027799093     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00341312     Document Type: Article

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