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Seed predator effects on plants: Moving beyond time‐corrected proxies
Author(s) -
Dylewski Łukasz,
Ortega Yvette K.,
Bogdziewicz Michał,
Pearson Dean E.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.852
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1461-0248
pISSN - 1461-023X
DOI - 10.1111/ele.13747
Subject(s) - predator , ecology , predation , ecosystem , biology , seed predation , apex predator , seed dispersal , sociology , demography , biological dispersal , population
We previously demonstrated that small mammals impact plant recruitment globally via size‐dependent seed predation, generating a unimodal pattern across ecosystems. Chen et al. (2021) critiqued our seed removal analysis, advocating corrections for exposure time. We show such manipulations are unwarranted and argue for increased emphasis on plant recruitment metrics.