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We present here a case study to to measure short-term indirect effects between co-occurring plant species mediated by seed scatter-hoarding rodents in a subtropical forest in Southwest China using a replacement design and tracked the fate of individually-tagged seeds in experimental patches. We manipulated the benefits to rodents by using low-tannin dormant chestnuts (<i>Castanea henryi</i>) as palatable food and high-tannin non-dormant acorns (<i>Quercus variabilis</i>) as unpalatable food.

本研究开展一项案例研究，旨在采用替换实验设计，在中国西南亚热带森林中探究由种子分散贮藏啮齿类动物介导的伴生植物物种间的短期间接效应，并追踪实验样地内个体标记种子的命运。本研究通过选取低单宁休眠板栗（*Castanea henryi*）作为适口性食物、高单宁不休眠橡子（*Quercus variabilis*）作为非适口性食物，以此调控啮齿类动物的食物收益。