Effects of seed size of wind-dispersed pines (Pinus) on secondary seed dispersal and the caching behavior of rodents

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; CACHING; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; ZOOCHORY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS PONDEROSA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS AMOENUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0038324084     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11973.x     Document Type: Article

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