Conifer seed predation by terrestrial small mammals: A review of the patterns, implications, and limitations of top-down and bottom-up interactions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 328, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-54

  Lobo, Nikhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granivory; Mast seeding; Population dynamics; Resource pulses; Rodents

Indexed keywords

IODINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; SEED;

DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES; GRANIVORY; MAST SEEDING; MULTIPLE TROPHIC LEVELS; REGENERATION PROCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE PULSES; RODENTS;

MAMMALS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEED PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84901919863     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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