Seed dispersal by small rodents favors oak over pine regeneration in the pine-oak forests of the Qinling mountains, China

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 540-549

  Yu, Fei ^a   Wang, Dexiang ^a   Shi, Xiaoxiao ^a   Yi, Xianfeng ^b   Li, Gang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

pine oak mixed forest; Pinus tabulaeformis; Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata; regeneration; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

MIXED FORESTS; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; QUERCUS; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

FIRE HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

REFORESTATION;

FORESTS; MAMMALS; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS; QUERCUS ALIENA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84880393657     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2013.794250     Document Type: Article

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