Hierarchical Levels of Seed Predation Variation by Introduced Beetles on an Endemic Mediterranean Palm
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Hierarchical Levels of Seed Predation Variation by Introduced Beetles on an Endemic Mediterranean Palm
Seed predators can limit plant recruitment and thus profoundly impinge the dynamics of plant populations, especially when diverse seed predators (e.g., native and introduced) attack particular plant populations. Surprisingly, however, we know little concerning the potential hierarchy of spatial scales (e.g., region, population, patch) and coupled ecological correlates governing variation in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109867