An evaluation of a mammalian predator, Martes americana, as a disperser of seeds

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-508

  Hickey, Jena R ^a   Flynn, Rodney W ^b   Buskirk, Steven W ^a   Gerow, Kenneth G ^a   Willson, Mary F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ALASKA; CHICHAGOF ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELINAE; RUBUS SPECTABILIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ALASKAENSE; VACCINIUM OVALIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033369190     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546814     Document Type: Article

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