Effect of forest rodents on predation and dispersal of pinus armandii seeds in qinling mountains

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3177-3181

  Gang, Chang ^a,b   Kaifeng, Wang ^a   Zhi, Wang ^c  

^a SHAANXI INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Forest rodents; Mast seeding; Pinus armandii; Seed hoarding

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GERMINATION; MASTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; ZOOCHORY;

CHINA; FOPING NATURE RESERVE; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI;

ANIMALIA; PINUS ARMANDII; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864297182     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201104130487     Document Type: Article

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