Importance of fragmentation-tolerant species as seed dispersers in disturbed landscapes

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 663-674

  Moore, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carya; Central hardwoods; Forest fragmentation; Juglans; Masting

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PECAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEEDLING; TREE; WALNUT;

ANIMALS; CARYA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUGLANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CARYA OVATA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 33947327552     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0616-8     Document Type: Article

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