Effectiveness of Korean pine (pinus koraiensis) seed dispersal by small rodents in fragmented and primary forests polish journal of ecology

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-422

  Yang, Yueqin ^a   Yi, Xianfeng ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lesser xing'an mountain; Pinus koraiensis; Rodents; Seed dispersal; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITAT; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE PLANTING; ZOOCHORY;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; XIAO HINGGAN MOUNTAINS;

PINUS KORAIENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80655137834     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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