Not only size matters: Acorn selection by the European jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Pons, Josep ^a   Pausas, Juli G ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn selection; Garrulus glandarius; Mediterranean oak forests; Mutualism; Quercus coccifera; Quercus faginea; Quercus ilex; Quercus suber; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; MUTUALISM; PASSERINE; SEED SIZE; SIZE SELECTION; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CORVIDAE; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 34247505538     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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