Effects of storage on tannin and protein content of cached acorns

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-175

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Faeth, Stanley H ^b  

^a Center for Gender Refugee Studies   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; MELANOPES FORMICIVORUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS DOUGLASII; QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 0031794231     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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