Drought,post‐dispersal seed predation,and the establishment of epiphytic bromeliads (Tillandsia spp.) |
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| Authors: | Nahlleli Chilpa‐Galván Gerhard Zotz Guillermo J. Sánchez‐Fuente Celene Espadas‐Manrique José L. Andrade Casandra Reyes‐García |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México;2. Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Functional Ecology, Oldenburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Post‐dispersal, epiphyte seed predation is poorly documented. Our study on the in situ germination of two Tillandsia species in a deciduous forest in Yucatan, Mexico showed an average post‐dispersal seed predation rate by the Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) of 90%. Post‐dispersal predation was thus more limiting than drought. |
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| Keywords: | anemochory cenote desiccation dry deciduous forest rodents seed predation
Tillandsia
Yucatan peninsula |
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