The numerical and functional responses of a granivorous rodent and the fate of Neotropical tree seeds

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1549-1563

  Klinger, Rob ^a,b   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Foraging behavior; Heteromys desmarestianus; Rodents; Seed dispersal; Seed fate; Seed predation; Small mammals; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRANIVORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RODENT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BELIZE; BENZOCAINE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; RODENTIA; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

HETEROMYS DESMARESTIANUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67449138844     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2146.1     Document Type: Article

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