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Invertebrate and Vertebrate Seed Predation in the Amazonian Palm Attalea maripa 1
Author(s) -
Salm Rodolfo
Publication year - 2006
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/j.1744-7429.2006.00163.x
Subject(s) - palm , predation , biology , amazonian , seed predation , arecaceae , amazon rainforest , survivorship curve , ecology , seed dispersal , biological dispersal , medicine , population , physics , quantum mechanics , genetics , environmental health , cancer
Spatial‐scale‐dependent patterns of Attalea maripa seed predation and removal by the beetle Pachymerus cardo and vertebrates were examined in a palm patch and its adjacent forest in southeastern Amazon. Seed survivorship depended on the distance from the palm patch, but was unrelated to distance from individual fruiting palms.