Cache placement, pilfering, and a recovery advantage in a seed-dispersing rodent: Could predation of scatter hoarders contribute to seedling establishment?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 554-560

  Steele, Michael A ^a   Bugdal, Melissa ^a   Yuan, Amy ^a   Bartlow, Andrew ^a   Buzalewski, Jarrod ^a   Lichti, Nathan ^b   Swihart, Robert ^b  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cache recovery; Eastern gray squirrel; Pilfering; Quercus; Scatter hoarding; Sciurus; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CACHING; GRANIVORY; MEMORY; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 80955151557     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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