A novel approach to an old problem: Tracking dispersed seeds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3585-3595

  Grivet, Delphine ^a   Smouse, Peter E ^b   Sork, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpecker; Maternal tissue; Maternity analysis; Seed movement; Seed pool; Valley oak acorn

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; QUERCUS LOBATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644876137     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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