Masting in animal-dispersed pines facilitates seed dispersal

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3508-3516

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food hoarding; Masting; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus lambertiana; Pinus ponderosa; Predator satiation; Rodent foraging behavior; Seed caching; Seed dispersal; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; CACHING; MASTING; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMALIA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS PONDEROSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038138040     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3508:MIADPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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