Tannins and Partial Consumption of Acorns: Implications for Dispersal of Oaks by Seed Predators
American Midland Naturalist, 1993-A common assumption in studies of seed predation is that seeds survive attack and are dispersed only 'when animals fail to find seeds, drop undamaged seeds or fail to recover seeds after they are cached. This study, however, suggests that many acorn consumers consistently eat only a portion of the cotyledon of several species of acorns and thereby ...
Michael A. Steele +3 more
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Acorn Dispersal of California Black Oak after a Stand-Replacing Fire
Fire Ecology, 2010 We investigated California black oak (Quercus kelloggii Newberry) acorn dispersal by rodents and birds in the months after a stand-replacing fire in a mixed conifer forest in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California, USA. The objective of this study was to compare scatter-hoarding in a high-severity burn to that in an unburned forest. In the
Mark I. Borchert, Claudia M. Tyler
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Application of radiotelemetry to the survey of acorn dispersal by Apodemus mice
Ecological Research, 1996Abstract We examined the applicability of radiotelemetry to studies of acorn dispersal by Apodemus mice and compared its efficiency with the of this spool‐and‐line method. Installation of a transmitter (2.2 g) onto acorns did not interfere with the transporting and feeding ...
Koichi Soné, Aki Kohno
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Habitat fragmentation results in the loss of seed dispersers and subsequently leads to low regeneration and functional decline of forests. However, very few studies on disperser decline and seedling regeneration have been conducted in urban forest systems.
Hongyu Niu +3 more
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Management of burnt wood after fire affects post-dispersal acorn predation
Forest Ecology and Management, 2010Abstract The management of burnt wood after a fire may affect seed predation by vertebrates due to the change produced in habitat structure. We analyze the effect of burnt wood management on post-dispersal seed predation in the Holm oak. Three plots were established in a burnt forest, with three treatments per plot: (1) non-intervention (NI, all ...
C. Puerta-Piñero +3 more
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Dispersal of Quercus mongolica acorns in a broadleaved deciduous forest 2. Scatterhoarding by mice
Forest Ecology and Management, 1988Abstract Acorn transporting and hoarding, distribution, and utilization by mice of hoarded acorns were studied. Apodemus speciosus and A. argentus were observed to transport acorns. An individual A. speciosus observed scatterhoarded at least 49% of acorns transported.
Masami Miyaki, Kihachiro Kikuzawa
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Post-dispersive losses of acorns from Mediterranean savannah-like forests and shrublands
Forest Ecology and Management, 2003Abstract We studied post-dispersive losses of holm-oak acorns (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota) due to wild and domestic ungulates and to small mammals in two types of Mediterranean ecosystems in south-western Spain, savannah-like forests, locally named dehesa, and shrublands.
Maria José Leiva +1 more
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Role that rodents play in acorn dispersal to cut-over area
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, 2004Takahashi, Kazuaki, Washitani, Izumi
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The role of the wood mouse in Quercus serrata acorn dispersal in abandoned cut-over land
Forest Ecology and Management, 2006Izumi Washitani
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Application of radiotelemetry to the survey of acorn dispersal by Apodemus mice
Ecological Research, 1996Koichi Sone
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