Rodent seed predation promotes differential recruitment among bird-dispersed trees in temperate secondary forests

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-446

  García, Daniel ^a   Obeso, José Ramón ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Post dispersal seed predation; Pre emptive competition; Recruitment potential; Seed limitation; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; RODENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTIA; SEEDS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; RODENTIA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 25844508438     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0103-7     Document Type: Article

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