A telemetric thread tag for tracking seed dispersal by scatter-hoarding rodents

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 933-943

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a,b   Kays, Roland ^b,c   Jansen, Patrick A ^b,d,e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agouti; Animal dispersed seeds; Astrocaryum; Radio telemetry; Seed tag

Indexed keywords

CACHING; FECES; GERMINATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; TAGGING; TELEMETRY; TRACKING; ZOOPHILY;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84862249153     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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