Partial acorn consumption by small rodents: Implication for regeneration of white oak, Quercus mongolica

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-205

  Yang, Yueqin ^a   Yi, Xianfeng ^a,b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acorn; Cotyledon loss; Partial consumption; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GERMINATION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; MASTING; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856287181     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-0016-y     Document Type: Article

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