Endocarp thickness affects seed removal speed by small rodents in a warm-temperate broad-leafed deciduous forest, China

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Zhang, Hongmao ^a,b,c   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Seasonal differences; Seed predation; Seed selection; Seed size: Seed survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CACHING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOOD SELECTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

APODEMUS PENINSULAE; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS REGIA; NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS PERSICA; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROTAMIAS DAVIDIANUS; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 55249094554     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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