Effects of habitat and season on removal and hoarding of seeds of wild apricot (Prunus armeniaca) by small rodents

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Ji Qi, Lu ^a,b,c   Zhi Bin, Zhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cache size; Habitats; Hoarding; Removal; Rodents; Season; Wild apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Indexed keywords

CACHING; HABITAT USE; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEED BURIAL; SEED PREDATION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; DONGLING MOUNTAIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS PENINSULAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROTAMIAS; SCIUROTAMIAS DAVIDIANUS; SPERMOPHILUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 9644252860     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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