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A Study of Seed Predation Interaction

, 2014
Seed predation is a particularly interesting yet little studied plant-animal interaction. Seed predators are animals that eat (digest) seeds. Many species of insects, mammals and birds fall in this category.
Craine, Catherine
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Seed dormancy in relation to predation and pathogenicity of four tropical Fabaceae species from Sri Lanka

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2018
According to the seed defense theory, predation and pathogenicity should be lower in physically dormant (PY) seeds than those of no-dormant (ND). Thus, a study was conducted to determine the predation and pathogenicity of four tropical Fabaceae species ...
Mohomed Ghouse, Gehan Jayasuriya
doaj   +1 more source

Seed predation and potential seed dispersers of the narrow endemic Ceratozamianorstogii (Zamiaceae). [PDF]

Biodivers Data J, 2022
Gómez-Domínguez H, Hernández-Tapia JE, Ortiz-Rodriguez AE.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference genomes for an early‐diverging group of grasses called the Aristidoideae, we were able to reconstruct the genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all
Lara Pereira, Ahmed S. Alenazi, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Luke T. Dunning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Marisol Arriagada‐Honores, Andrés Jesús Garrido, Daniela Paredes‐Muñoz, Bastián Fuentes‐Valdés, Fernanda Torres‐Cifuentes, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predispersal weed seed predation in soybean fields

, 2000
The role of predispersal weed seed predation on the population dynamics of weeds is largely unknown in an agricultural setting. The hypothesis for this study is that enhanced levels of predispersal weed seed predation by natural seed predators are a ...
Nurse, Robert Edward
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Seed predation selects for reproductive variability and synchrony in perennial plants. [PDF]

New Phytol, 2021
Bogdziewicz M, Szymkowiak J, Tanentzap AJ, Calama R, Marino S, Steele MA, Seget B, Piechnik Ł, Żywiec M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

WorldCuP: A database of checklists documenting the World's Cultivated Plants and their distributions

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Human life would be unrecognizable without the benefits of cultivated plants, including crops, ornamentals, or plants with other uses. Despite their importance in daily life and prevalence across landscapes, we know surprisingly little about global cultivated plant distributions.
Nicole L. Kinlock, Amy J. S. Davis, Mark van Kleunen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2021
Williams PJ, Ong RC, Brodie JF, Luskin MS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source