Seed predation and selection exerted by a seed predator influence subalpine tree densities

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2960-2966

  Siepielski, Adam M ^a,b   Benkman, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Natural selection; Nucifraga Columbiana; Pinus albicaulis; Pinus flexilis; Plant density; Plant recruitment; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Tamiasciurus

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS FLEXILIS; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PINUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS;

EID: 58149340804     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0072.1     Document Type: Article

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