Selection of seeds of common native and non-native plants by granivorous rodents in the northeastern United States

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Shahid, Amirah ^a,b   Garneau, Danielle E ^a,c   Mccay, Timothy S ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD SELECTION; GRANIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; OLD FIELD; RODENT; SEED;

MADISON COUNTY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; AMOMUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORNUS; CORNUS AMOMUM; FAGUS; LONICERA; LONICERA MORROWII; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; RHAMNUS; RODENTIA; ROSA MULTIFLORA; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 67650951488     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.1.207     Document Type: Article

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