The ultimate basis of the caching preferences of rodents, and the oak-dispersal syndrome: tannins, insects, and seed germination

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 840-851

  Smallwood, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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EID: 23044529423     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.4.840     Document Type: Article

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