Dispersal syndrome differentiation of Pinus armandii in Southwest China: Key elements of a potential selection mosaic

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 587-593

  Chen, Fan ^a,b   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Nucifraga caryocatactes; Scatter hoarding rodents; Seed caching; Seed predation; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NATIVE SPECIES; RODENT; SCATTERING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

CHINA;

NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES; PINUS ARMANDII; RODENTIA;

EID: 80955133915     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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