Using seed-tagging methods for assessing post-dispersal seed fate in rodent-dispersed trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Jansen, Patrick A ^b   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Seed dispersal; Seed fate; Seed caching rodents; Thread marking; Wire tin tagging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

SEED CACHING RODENTS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED FATE; THREAD MARKING; WIRE TIN TAGGING;

SEED;

CACHING; ESTIMATION METHOD; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

SEEDLINGS; TAGS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 32344432217     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.054     Document Type: Article

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