Effects of mast seeding and rodent abundance on seed predation and dispersal of Quercus aliena (Fagaceae) in Qinling Mountains, Central China

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 218; no. 7; pp. 855 - 865
• Main Authors: Wang, Jing, Zhang, Bo, Hou, Xiang, Chen, Xiaoning, Han, Ning, Chang, Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.07.2017; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Caching; China; Community & Population Ecology; Consumption; Dispersion; Ecology; granivores; Life Sciences; Mountains; Plant Ecology; Predation; Predation (Biology); Predators; Quercus; Regeneration; Rodents; Satiety; Seed dispersal; Seed industry; Seed predation; Seeding; Seeds; sowing; Terrestial Ecology; Qinling Mountains; China; Seed caching; Per capita seed availability; Seed dispersal; Mast seeding; Rodent abundance

Rodents act as seed predators and dispersers and play an important role in the regeneration of plants. Seed production and rodent abundance may influence caching rodents' decision to consume or cache seeds. We studied how did seed production and rodent abundance co-influence seed predation and...