Effects of Species, Density, Patch-type, and Season on Post-dispersal Seed Predation in a Puerto Rican Pasture1

Randall W. Myster

doi:10.1646/02144

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Randall W. Myster¹

¹Department of Biology, Box 89, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA. rmyster@ucok.edu

Abstract

An experimental study of seed removal of four woody species in an abandoned pasture revealed significant main effects of species, density (higher densities survived more than lower densities), and patch-type (seeds under shrub patches survived more than in grass patches), but no effects of season. Rates of seed loss decreased with seed size across species. Significant interactions between species and density and between species and patch-type were also observed.

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Randall W. Myster "Effects of Species, Density, Patch-type, and Season on Post-dispersal Seed Predation in a Puerto Rican Pasture," BIOTROPICA 35(4), 542-546, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1646/02144

Published: 1 December 2003