Empty seeds are not always bad: simultaneous effect of seed emptiness and masting on animal seed predation.

Seed masting and production of empty seeds have often been considered independently as different strategies to reduce seed predation by animals. Here, we integrate both phenomena within the whole assemblage of seed predators (both pre and post-dispersal) and in two contrasting microsites (open vs. s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ramón Perea, Martin Venturas, Luis Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3679161?pdf=render