Exploitation competition between seed predators and dispersers introduced to Hawaiian forests.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4038
Abstract: Exploitation competition occurs when one group of organisms reduces the availability of a resource for another group of organisms. For instance, plants produce a certain number of fruits for seed dispersal by fruit-eating animals (hereafter… read more here.
Keywords: seed; exploitation competition; seed predators; seed dispersers ... See more keywords
A highly resolved food web for insect seed predators in a species‐rich tropical forest
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.13359
Abstract: Abstract The top‐down and indirect effects of insects on plant communities depend on patterns of host use, which are often poorly documented, particularly in species‐rich tropical forests. At Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we compiled the… read more here.
Keywords: seed; plant; seed predators; food web ... See more keywords
Impacts of rainforest fragmentation on the composition of ground-active vertebrate communities and their patterns of seed consumption
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202870
Abstract: Post-dispersal seed consumption by rainforest vertebrates on the forest floor can substantially influence the community dynamics of rainforest trees. Studies of rainforest vertebrate seed predators at a community level, however, are lacking. Furthermore, there is… read more here.
Keywords: seed; seed predators; seed consumption; rainforest fragmentation ... See more keywords
Distribution and Prolonged Diapause of the Rowan Seed Predators Argyresthia conjugella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) and Megastigmus brevicaudis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and their Parasitoids in Norway
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DOI: 10.3390/f14040847
Abstract: The seed predator Argyresthia conjugella Zeller has rowan as its preferred host plant; in years of poor fruiting in rowan, it oviposits on apples. To improve the knowledge of this apple pest, rowanberries were collected… read more here.
Keywords: prolonged diapause; conjugella; seed predators; seed ... See more keywords