Author/Authors :
Van der Meer, P. J. Wageningen University and Research Centre - Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Netherlands , Kunne, P. L. B. Wageningen University - Resource Ecology Group, Netherlands , Brunsting, A. M. H. Wageningen University - Resource Ecology Group, Netherlands , Dibor, L. A. Sarawak Forestry Corporation - Forest Research Centre, Malaysia , Jansen, P. A. Wageningen University and Research Centre - Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Netherlands , Jansen, P. A. University of Groningen - Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Netherlands
Abstract :
Many seed eating mammal and bird species cope with seasonal food shortage by hoarding seeds. Some hoarding species act as dispersers because they bury seeds in spatially scattered caches with few seeds each, a proportion of which is never recovered, allowing seedlings to establish.
