Rodent handling of Araucaria araucana seeds

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Shepherd, John D ^a   Ditgen, Rebecca S ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplochory; Dispersal; Larder hoard; Masting; Predation; Scatter hoard

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN;

ABROTHRIX LONGIPILIS; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CHELEMYS MACRONYX; CRICETIDAE; MURIDAE; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; ORYZOMYS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872778341     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02366.x     Document Type: Article

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