Decrease of large-bodied dispersers limits recruitment of large-Seeded trees but benefits small-seeded trees

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-67

  Shen, Zhen ^a   Guo, Shuhua ^b   Yang, Yueqin ^a   Yi, Xianfeng ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WEIFANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

body size; forest fragmentation; rodent composition; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA;

APODEMUS PENINSULAE; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; CORYLUS; CORYLUS MANDSHURICA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS MANDSHURICA; PINUS KORAIENSIS; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; RODENTIA; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 84871656786     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.58.1.53     Document Type: Article

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