Dispersal of Camellia japonica seeds by Apodemus speciosus revealed by maternity analysis of plants and behavioral observation of animal vectors

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 732-740

  Abe, Harue ^a   Matsuki, Rikyu ^b   Ueno, Saneyoshi ^c   Nashimoto, Makoto ^b   Hasegawa, Masami ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maternity analysis; Microsatellite markers; Radiotelemetry; Seed hoarding; Zoochorous species

Indexed keywords

CACHING; EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; ZOOCHORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA JAPONICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748436377     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0179-5     Document Type: Article

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