Invertebrate predation of postdispersal seeds and juvenile seedlings of black spruce (Picea mariana) in the boreal forest of eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 674-681

  Côté, Mathieu ^a   Ferron, Jean ^a   Gagnon, Réjean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; WOOD;

BOREAL HABITATS; LICHEN WOODLANDS; POSTDISPERSAL SEEDS; SPRUCE-MOSS;

SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; SEED PREDATION;

INVERTEBRATES; LICHENS; PICEA MARIANA; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRMICA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PTEROSTICHUS ADSTRICTUS; PTEROSTICHUS PUNCTATISSIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22144448909     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-001     Document Type: Article

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