Seed scatterhoarding by white-tailed rats: Consequences for seedling recruitment by an Australian rain forest tree

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-189

  Theimer, Tad C ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beilschmiedia bancroftii; Masting; Predator satiation; Rodent; Seed predation; Seed size; Uromys caudimaculatus

Indexed keywords

CACHING; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035108126     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001122     Document Type: Article

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