Scatter-hoarding rodents as secondary seed dispersers of a frugivore-dispersed tree Scleropyrum wallichianum in a defaunated Xishuangbanna tropical forest, China

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Cao, Lin ^a,b,c   Xiao, Zhishu ^b   Guo, Cong ^a   Chen, Jin ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Frugivorous vertebrate; Scatter hoarding rodents; Scleropyrum wallichianum; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA; SANTALACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIOTA; CHINA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAIN FOREST; RODENT; SANTALACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CHINA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; RAINFOREST; RODENTIA; SANTALACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; TREES;

EID: 84868129118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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