Factors affecting post-dispersal seed predation in two coexisting oak species: Microhabitat, burial and exclusion of large herbivores

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3506-3514

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a   Marañón, Teodoro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forest; Oak regeneration; Q. canariensis; Q. suber; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED;

CANARIENSIS; MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; OAK REGENERATION;

REFORESTATION;

DECIDUOUS TREE; HERBIVORE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; ZOOCHORY;

FORESTRY; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER; REFORESTATION; RODENTS; SEEDS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER; RODENTIA;

EID: 43049091204     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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