Habitat area and structure affect the impact of seed predators and the potential for coevolutionary arms races

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 802-814

  Mezquida, Eduardo T ^a   Benkman, Craig W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Red Crossbill; Geographic mosaic; Geographic variation; Loxia curvirostra; Mountain pine forests; Phenotypic selection; Pinus uncinata; Pyrenees and Iberian System Spain; Red squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARMS RACE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PINUS; PLANTS; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PYRENEES;

LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS UNCINATA; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 77950415480     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0161.1     Document Type: Article

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