Atypical acorns appear to allow seed escape after apical notching by squirrels

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 450-458

  McEuen, Amy B ^a   Steele, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; GERMINATION; NATURAL SELECTION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS;

EID: 26944470375     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0450:AAATAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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