Weak olfaction increases seed scatter-hoarding by Siberian chipmunks: implication in shaping plant–animal interactions

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1712-1718

  Yi, Xianfeng ^a   Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Zhang, Hongmao ^c   Zhang, Zhibin ^b  

^a JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; PINUS KORAIENSIS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 84963540901     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03297     Document Type: Article

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