Experimental field test of spatial variation in rodent predation of nuts relative to distance and seed density

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 415-423

  Blendinger, Pedro G ^a   Díaz Vélez, María C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Juglans australis; Predator satiation; Seed survival; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUT; PROBABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RODENT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WALNUT;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; JUGLANS; NUTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RODENTIA; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS AUSTRALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952428573     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1590-8     Document Type: Article

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