Long-term seed survival and dispersal dynamics in a rodent-dispersed tree: Testing the predator satiation hypothesis and the predator dispersal hypothesis

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1256-1264

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Dispersal survival trade off; Edward's long tailed rat Leopoldamys edwardsi; Mast seeding; Predator satiation; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL; BODY MASS; PREDATOR; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDING; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TREE;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA OLEIFERA; LEOPOLDAMYS EDWARDSI; RATTUS; RODENTIA; THEACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883268256     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12113     Document Type: Article

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