Seed dispersal and seed fate in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Waitman, B A ^a   Vander Wall, S B ^b   Esque, T C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joshua tree; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal; White tailed antelope ground squirrel; Yucca brevifolia

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; CACHING; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONOCOTYLEDON; RODENT; SCANDIUM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL SURFACE; TRACER; ZOOCHORY;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AMMOSPERMOPHILUS LEUCURUS; ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; YUCCA BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 84857993383     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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