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Invertebrate and Vertebrate Seed Predation in the Amazonian Palm Attalea maripa1 |
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| Authors: | Rodolfo Salm |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Attalea maripa bruchid invertebrates Janzen– Connell model Pachymerus cardo palms seed predation vertebrates |