Effects of rodents on survival of tree seeds and seedlings invading old fields

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1531-1542

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Manson, Robert H ^a,b   Canham, Charles D ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal plant interactions; Functional redundancy; Granivory; Herbivory; Meadow voles; Microtus pennsylvanicus; New York State, southeastern; Old field succession; Peromyscus leucopus; Seed predation; Seedling predation; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PINUS STROBUS; RODENTIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; ACERACEAE; OLEACEAE; PINACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE;

MEADOW VOLE; OLD FIELD; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030614011     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1531:EOROSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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