Pre-dispersal acorn predation in mixed oak forests: Interspecific differences are driven by the interplay among seed phenology, seed size and predator size

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1416-1423

  Espelta, Josep M ^a   Bonal, Raúl ^b   Sánchez Humanes, Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curculio elephas; Curculio glandium; Mediterranean oak forests; Multi host predator system; Quercus humilis; Quercus ilex; Seed ecology; Seed satiation; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DNA; GRANIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MIXED FOREST; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIO GLANDIUM; CURCULIO VENOSUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HUMILIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 70349898049     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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