A continent-wide study reveals clear relationships between regional abiotic conditions and post-dispersal seed predation
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ARTICLE A continent-wide study reveals clear relationships between regional abiotic conditions and post-dispersal seed predation John L. Orrock*, Elizabeth T. Borer, Lars A. Brudvig, Jennifer Firn, Andrew S. MacDougall, Brett A. Melbourne, Louie H. Yang, Dirk V. Baker, Avi Bar-Massada, Michael J. Crawley, Ellen I. Damschen, Kendi F. Davies, Daniel S. Gruner, Adam D. Kay, Eric Lind, Rebecca L. McCulley and Eric W. Seabloom
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