Mast species composition alters seed fate in North American rodent-dispersed hardwoods

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1746-1758

  Lichti, Nathanael I ^a   Steele, Michael A ^b   Zhang, Hao ^c   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent Predation; Castanea Dentata; Context Dependence; Em Algorithm; Imperfect Detection; Indirect Interaction; Masting; Quercus Spp.; Scatter Hoarding; Seed Dispersal; Seed Survival; Traitmediated Interaction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APPARENT COMPETITION; CACHING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; MASTING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; ZOOCHORY; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; DORMANCY; MUTUALISM; PREDATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; TAGGING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CASTANEA DENTATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NORTH AMERICA; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RODENT;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SEEDS;

EID: 84902541406     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1657.1     Document Type: Article

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