The effects of gerbil foraging on the natural seedbank and consequences on the annual plant community

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-407

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a   Ganey, David T ^b   Kotler, Burt P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SEED BANK;

GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM;

EID: 0033849685     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900221.x     Document Type: Article

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