Title
Effects of latitude and plant relative abundance on predispersal granivory
Date Issued
01 July 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Boyer B.W.
Morán-López T.
Amico G.
Espíndola W.D.
Caraballo-Ortiz M.A.
Morales J.M.
Carlo T.A.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
We examined predispersal granivory in common and rare bird-dispersed plants in two tropical and two temperate communities. Our results show that the prevalence and intensity of predispersal granivory are higher in tropical communities and for smaller seeds. Results also show no effect of plant species’ relative abundance on granivory. Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.
Start page
1007
End page
1012
Volume
53
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111830876
Source
Biotropica
ISSN of the container
00063606
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Penn State Biology Department and Ecology Program for supporting B.W. Boyer and T.A. Carlo. We thank J. Wenzel and C. Lindsay from the Carnegie Museum for supporting research at Powdermill Nature Reserve. Luis Añeses and A. Rodríguez aided with work at the Finca Montaña (University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez). VRIP-UNMSM support to C. Arana (B17100051). Benjamin S. Vizzachero and W. Kaselow helped with fieldwork in Puerto Rico. We thank A. Torres-Páucar, K. Silva and A. Velit (Departamento de Ecología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima), and F. Trama (Centro de Capacitación en Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible, Oxapampa) for supporting field and laboratory work in Perú. NSF DEB-1556719 to T.A. Carlo funded the research.
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