Rodent's ability to discriminate weevil-infested acorns: Potential effects on regeneration of nut-bearing plants

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-320

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Wang, Yushan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dujiangyan; Fagaceae; Regeneration; Small rodents; Weevils

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS FARGESII; CURCULIONIDAE; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; FAGACEAE; INSECTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GLAUCA; QUERCUS SERRATA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0347654876     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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