Effects of species, density, season and prairie-type on post-dispersal seed removal in Oklahoma

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 482-488

  Haught, Jennifer E ^a   Myster, Randall W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 42449159222     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[482:EOSDSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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