Tannin and lipid content of acorns in scatterhoards and larderhoards

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-472

  Wood, Marianna D ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 31544457867     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0463:TALCOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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