Small-mammal seed predation limits the recruitment and abundance of two perennial grassland forbs

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Bricker, Mary ^a   Pearson, Dean ^a,b   Maron, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

And addition; Forb abundance; Granivory; Grassland communities; Limitation; Lithospermum ruderale; Lupinus sericeus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Seed predation; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GRANIVORY; GRASSLAND; HERB; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHOSPERMUM; LUPIN; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHOSPERMUM; LUPINUS; PEROMYSCUS; SEEDS;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

BORAGINACEAE; FABACEAE; LITHOSPERMUM; LITHOSPERMUM RUDERALE; LUPINUS SERICEUS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 77649196336     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1773.1     Document Type: Article

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