Advantage of early seedling emergence in Fagus crenata: Importance of cotyledon stage for predator escape and pathogen avoidance

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-688

  Abe, Midori ^a   Honda, Ayako ^b   Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Miguchi, Hideo ^b  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotyledons; Damping off; Rodent preference; Seed seedling predation; Seedling emergence time

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RODENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; FUNGI; RODENTIA;

EID: 46749153811     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0428-2     Document Type: Article

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