Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 67, No. 7 (July 2013), pp. 1067-1075 (9 pages) The food perishability hypothesis reasons that the perishability of nondormant acorns through rapid germination ...
Seed predation has traditionally been considered as simply a progressive loss of seeds. However, partial consumption of tree seeds may actually assist regeneration. We quantified partial consumption ...
Today’s column is a reminder to treat sprouting acorns as weeds and remove the oak seedlings from the garden as soon as possible. If every acorn that fell this winter wasn’t gathered up, a veritable ...
Researchers have observed as voles are able to distinguish the acorns containing insect larvae from those that do not. This fact determines the dispersion and germination of acorns, and therefore the ...
Today’s column is a reminder to treat sprouting acorns as weeds and remove the oak seedlings from the garden as soon as possible. If every acorn that fell this winter wasn’t gathered up, a veritable ...