Using endocarp-remains of seeds of wild apricot Prunus armeniaca to identify rodent seed predators

Current Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 396-400

  Zhang, Hongmao ^a   Wei, Wang ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Small rodents; Stepwise Fisher discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS PENINSULAE; NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70350431898     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.6.396     Document Type: Article

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