Rodents change acorn dispersal behaviour in response to ungulate presence

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1631-1638

  Muñoz, Alberto ^a   Bonal, Raúl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ILEX; MUS SPRETUS; QUERCUS ILEX; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 34548566017     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15710.x     Document Type: Article

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