Mutualistic and predatory interactions are driven by rodent body size and seed traits in a rodent-seed system in warm-temperate forest in northern China

Wildlife Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-157

  Zhang, Hongmao ^a,b   Wang, Zhenzhen ^a   Zeng, Qinghuan ^a   Chang, Gang ^c   Wang, Zhenyu ^d   Zhang, Zhibin ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c Shanxi Institute of Zoology   (China)

^d JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioural difference; Plant regeneration; Plant animal interactions; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CACHING; MUTUALISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGENERATION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84931065461     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14211     Document Type: Article

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