Reconsidering the effects of tannin on seed dispersal by rodents: Evidence from enclosure and field experiments with artificial seeds

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-207

  Zhang, Mingming ^b   Steele, Michael A ^c   Yi, Xianfeng ^a,b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial 'seeds'; Caching; High tannin hypothesis; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

TANNIN;

CACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; TANNIN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SEED; FIELD EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TAMIAS; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; XIAO HINGGAN MOUNTAINS;

ARTIFICIAL 'SEEDS'; CACHING; HIGH-TANNIN HYPOTHESIS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MURINAE; SCIURIDAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TANNINS; TREES;

EID: 84887347549     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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