Seed fate of Marah macrocarpus (Cucurbitaceae) following fire: Do seedlings recruit from rodent burrows?

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 641-650

  Borchert, Mark ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Geophyte; Marah macrocarpus; Seed burial; Seed caching

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MASTING; ROCK; RODENT; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; MARAH MACROCARPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748417872     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0171-0     Document Type: Article

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