Edges effects on seed predation by rodents in deciduous forests of northern Switzerland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-261

  Kollmann, Johannes ^a,b   Buschor, Marco ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fleshy fruited species; Forest edges; Rodent abundance; Seed removal; Shrub cover

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HEXAPODA; LANTANA; MOLLUSCA; PRUNUS AVIUM; RODENTIA; VIBURNUM LANTANA;

EID: 0037289361     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021225728493     Document Type: Article

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