Effects of burial and coating on acorn survival of Quercus variabilis and Quercus serrata under rodent predation

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 668-672

  Cheng, Jin Rui ^a,b,c   Xiao, Zhi Shu ^a   Zhang, Zhi Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Standards Press of China   (China)

Author keywords

Burial; Coating; Quercus serrata; Quercus variabilis; Rodents; Seed survival

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

QUERCUS SERRATA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34447277369     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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