Species preference and spatiotemporal patterns of predation by rodents

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6018-6024

  Shen, Ze Hao ^a   Tang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Li, Dao Xing ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Mt Dalaoling Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Dynamics; Post dispersal predation; Seed; Species preference; Topography

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 58149229318     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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