Differences of dispersal fitness of large and small acorns of Liaodong oak (Quercus liaotungensis) before and after seed caching by small rodents in a warm temperate forest, China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1243-1250

  Zhang, Hongmao ^a,b,c   Chen, Yu ^b   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cache survival; Fitness; Seed consumption; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Seedling establishment; Small rodents

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; TIN;

SEED CONSUMPTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

SEED;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SIZE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FORESTRY; SEEDS; TIN;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; DONGLING MOUNTAIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHAN;

QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 38949092527     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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