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Seed Predation by Rodents and Implications for Plant Recruitment in Defaunated Atlantic Forests
Author(s) -
Galetti Mauro,
Guevara Roger,
Galbiati Lígia A.,
Neves Carolina L.,
Rodarte Raisa R.,
Mendes Calebe P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/btp.12246
Subject(s) - predation , seed dispersal , rodent , seed predation , biology , frugivore , ecology , biological dispersal , seed dispersal syndrome , cafeteria , rainforest , atlantic forest , habitat , medicine , population , demography , pathology , sociology
Rodents are known to perform post‐dispersal seed predation in tropical rain forest, but there is little information on the identity of these seed predators and how they select their seeds. Using cafeteria experiments, we found that seed mass, rodent body mass, and the ratio of seed/rodent mass were determinants of seed consumption.