Nut predation and dispersal of Harland Tanoak Lithocarpus harlandii by scatter-hoarding rodents

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-213

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lithocarpus; Nut dispersal; Nut predation; Quercus; Scatter hoarding by rodents; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GERMINATION; PROPAGULE; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDING; TANNIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

ANIMALIA; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS HAVILANDII; QUERCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646477120     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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