Variability in post-dispersal seed predation in deciduous woodland: Relative importance of location, seed species, burial and density

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Hulme, Philip E ^a   Borelli, Teresa ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Herbivory; Rodents; Seed size; Seedling recruitment; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DENSITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; TAXUS BACCATA; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 0033381977     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009821919855     Document Type: Article

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