Scatterhoarding rodents favor higher predation risks for cache sites: The potential for predators to influence the seed dispersal process

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-266

  Steele, Michael A ^a   Rompré, Ghislain ^a,b   Stratford, Jeffrey A ^a   Zhang, Hongmao ^a,c   Suchocki, Matthew ^a   Marino, Shealyn ^a  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Scotts Company   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Giving up densities; Predation risk; Scatterhoarding; Sciurus; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SCIURIDAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SUNFLOWER;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTS; HELIANTHUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCIURIDAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84929627540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12134     Document Type: Article

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