How do vertebrates respond to mast seeding?

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 300-307

  Bogdziewicz, Michal ^a,b   Zwolak, Rafal ^a   Crone, Elizabeth E ^b,c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; MASTING; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RODENT; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84959247940     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03012     Document Type: Article

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