Seed dispersal of three sympatric oak species by forest rodents in the Qinling Mountains, Central China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1633-1642

  Chang, Gang ^a,b,c   Jin, Tiezhi ^a   Pei, Junfeng ^a   Chen, Xiaoning ^a   Zhang, Bo ^c   Shi, Zijun ^c  

^a SHAANXI INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fagaceae trees; Forest rodents; Mast seeding; Seed caching; Seed traits

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN FOREST; GERMINATION; MASTING; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SYMPATRY; ZOOCHORY;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

CYCLOBALANOPSIS; FAGACEAE; QUERCUS ALIENA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870347059     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0118-1     Document Type: Article

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