Experimental study of the effects of mammalian acorn predators on red oak acorn survival and germination

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1015-1021

  Haas, Jared P ^a   Heske, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Illinois; Oak regeneration; Odocoileus virginianus; Peromyscus leucopus; Red oaks; Sciurus carolinensis; Sciurus niger

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; SURVIVAL;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 27244434040     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1015:ESOTEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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