Linking seed dispersal to cache protection strategies

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1016-1025

  Muñoz, Alberto ^a,c   Bonal, Raúl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Directed dispersal; Granivores; Plant recruitment; Quercus ilex; Savanna like landscapes; Seed caching; Seed predation; Seedling emergence; Small rodents

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRANIVORY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; RODENTIA;

EID: 79958778754     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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