High acorn predation prevents the regeneration of Quercus liaotungensis in the Dongling mountain region of north China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Sun, Shucun ^a,b   Gao, Xianming ^a   Chen, Lingzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acorn production; Animal production; Forest degradation ground cover; Quercus liaotungensis; Seed dynamics; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; PREDATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; DONGLING MOUNTAIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 4644244818     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.0158.x     Document Type: Article

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