Negative effects of acorns on the wood mouse Apodemus speciosus

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-17

  Shimada, Takuya ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Body weight loss; Intrinsic nitrogen loss; Quercus; Tannin

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DIGESTIBILITY; GRANIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; TANNIN;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; QUERCUS MONGOLICA VAR. GROSSESERRATA; QUERCUS SERRATA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037804683     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-002-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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