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Assessing trends and vulnerabilities in the mutualism between whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) in national parks of the Sierra-Cascade region

Dispersal of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), a keystone species of many high-elevation ecosystems in western North America, depends on Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana Wilson), a seed-caching bird with an affinity for whitebark seeds. To the extent that this dependence is mutual,...

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Autores principales: Ray, Chris, Rochefort, Regina M., Ransom, Jason I., Nesmith, Jonathan C. B., Haultain, Sylvia A., Schaming, Taza D., Boetsch, John R., Holmgren, Mandy L., Wilkerson, Robert L., Siegel, Rodney B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7556478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227161