id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt b8515m62s81 Jennifer F Hsia Post-dispersal sugar maple (Acer saccharum) seed predation by sciurids and other small mammals in a northern hardwood forest 2010 .txt text/plain 207 9 52 Although fewer seeds were cached in August, we found that small mammals, eastern chipmunks in particular, were predators of sugar maple seeds, with an increased proportion of seeds eaten with increasing seed predator and sciurid biomasses. Using live-trapping efforts and track boards with tagged sugar maple (Acer saccharum) seeds in June and August of 2006 at eight mixed forest sites in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, we asked: (1) are sugar maple seeds provided later in the summer more often cached? cache/b8515m62s81.txt txt/b8515m62s81.txt