Are mice eating up all the pine seeds?

Kerry Foresman; Elizabeth Crone; Dean E. Pearson; Yvette K. Ortega; Rafal Zwolak

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Are mice eating up all the pine seeds?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kerry Foresman, Elizabeth Crone, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, Rafal Zwolak

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ritter, Sharon, ed. EcoReport. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project. p. 8, 12.

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Abstract

Wildlife, even miniscule mice, can play an important role in forest regeneration and composition by consuming seeds, seedlings, and saplings. Mice can, through sheer numbers, consume a tremendous number of seeds. We wanted to learn if deer mice could affect how ponderosa pine forests regenerate after fire.

Parent Publication

ECO-Report - Finding common ground: Montana Forest Restoration Committee

Keywords

BEMRP, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project

Citation

Zwolak, Rafal; Foresman, Kerry; Crone, Elizabeth; Pearson, Dean; Ortega, Yvette. 2008. Are mice eating up all the pine seeds?. In: Ritter, Sharon, ed. EcoReport. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project. p. 8, 12.