Predispersal predation by rodents to beechnuts (Fagus crenata Blume)

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-509

  Ida, Hideyuki ^a   Hotta, Masanobu ^b   Ezaki, Yasuo ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGANO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arboreal habitat; Beech forest; Nut production; Predispersal predator; Tree tower

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; NUT; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; GLIRULUS JAPONICUS; INSECTA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344583548     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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