Vertebrate seed dispersal of Marah macrocarpus (Cucurbitaceae) after fire in the western transverse ranges of California

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-471

  Borchert, Mark ^a  

^a Ojai Valley Sanitary District   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophyte; Larder hoarding; Marah; Postfire seed dispersal; Seed caching

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GEOPHYTE; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; CORVIDAE; CRICETINAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS AGILIS; MARAH; MARAH MACROCARPUS; PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344328758     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682856     Document Type: Article

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