Acorn dispersal and predation patterns of four tree species by wood mice in abandoned cut-over land

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-195

  Takahashi, Kazuaki ^a   Sato, Kaori ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acorn dispersal; Broad leaved forest; Castanea crenata; Deciduous forest; Juglans mandshurica var. sieboldiana; Post dispersal acorn predation; Quercus crispula; Quercus serrata

Indexed keywords

SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

ACORN DISPERSAL; CASTANEA CRENATA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA VAR. SIEBOLDIANA; POST-DISPERSAL ACORN PREDATION;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; HABITAT TYPE; PREDATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TREE STUMP;

FORESTRY; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; QUERCUS SERRATA; SOIL;

CASTANEA CRENATA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; MUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 34548766007     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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