Secondary dispersal of bigcone Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa) seeds

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-106

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a   Borchert, Mark I ^b   Gworek, Jennifer R ^a  

^a the Program in Ecology   (United States)

^b Los Padres National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Mediterranean climate; Pseudotsuga; Scatter hoarding; Secondary seed dispersal; Seed removal; Seed caching rodents

Indexed keywords

CACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; PASSERINE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; NUCIFRAGA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MACROCARPA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745742022     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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