Seed-hoarding of Edward's long-tailed rats Leopoldamys edwardsi in response to weevil infestation in cork oak Quercus variabilis

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Cheng, Jinrui ^a   Zhang, Hongmao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Larvae survival; Seed discrimination; Seed dispersal; Seed hoarding; Weevil infestation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEOPOLDAMYS EDWARDSI; QUERCUS SUBER; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RATTUS;

EID: 78651421843     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.1.50     Document Type: Article

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