Population fluctuations of mast-eating rodents are correlated with production of acorns

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 850-856

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acorns; mast; Peromyscus; predator satiation hypothesis; rodents; seed predation; Tamias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862335     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382690     Document Type: Article

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