Seed fate : predation, dispersal and seedling establishment /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Symposium on "Post-Primary Seed Fate: Predation and Secondary Dispersal"
Other Authors:	Forget, Pierre-Michel (Editor), Hulme, Philip E. (Philip Eric) (Editor), Lambert, Joanna E. (Editor), Vander Wall, Stephen B. (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
Subjects:	Seeds > Congresses. Biological Resources (Plant) Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology) Grasslands and Rangelands. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Arid lands. Biodiversity. Deserts. Establishment. Forests. Fragmentation. Grasslands. Habitats. Hunting. Logging. Mountains. Nature conservation. Rain forests. Savannas. Seed dispersal. Seed predation. Seedlings. Temperate zones. Tropics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Seed Fate Pathways : Filling the Gap between Parent and Offspring / S.B. Vander Wall, P.-M. Forget, J.E. Lambert and P.E. Hulme
Seed Predator Guilds, Spatial Variation in Post-dispersal Seed Predation and Potential Effects on Plant Demography : a Temperate Perspective / P.E. Hulme and J. Kollmann
The Fate of Seed Banks : Factors Influencing Seed Survival for Light-demanding Species in Moist Tropical Forests / J.W. Dalling
Frugivore-mediated Interactions Among Bruchid Beetles and Palm Fruits at Barro Colorado Island, Panama : Implications for Seed Fate / K.M. Silvius
Patterns of Seed Predation by Vertebrate versus Invertebrate Seed Predators among Different Plant Species, Seasons and Spatial Distributions / E.M. Notman and A.C. Villegas
Seed Predation and Dispersal by Peccaries throughout the Neotropics and its Consequences : a Review and Synthesis / H. Beck
Seed Predation, Seed Dispersal and Habitat Fragmentation : Does Context Make a Difference in Tropical Australia? / A.J. Dennis, G.J. Lipsett-Moore, G.N. Harrington, E.A. Collins and D.A. Westcott
The Fate of Primate-dispersed Seeds : Deposition Pattern, Dispersal Distance and Implications for Conservation / J.E. Lambert and C.A. Chapman
Fallen Fruits and Terrestrial Vertebrate Frugivores : a Case Study in a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Peninsular Malaysia / M. Yasuda, S. Miura, N. Ishii, T. Okuda and N.A. Hussein
Myrmecochorous Seed Dispersal in Temperate Regions / V. Mayer, S. Ölzant and R.C. Fischer
Scatterhoarding in Mediterranean Shrublands of the SW Cape, South Africa / J.J. Midgley and B. Anderson
Selection, Predation and Dispersal of Seeds by Tree Squirrels in Temperate and Boreal Forests : are Tree Squirrels Keystone Granivores? / M. Steele, L.A. Wauters and K.W. Larsen
Jays, Mice and Oaks : Predation and Dispersal of Quercus robur and Q. petraea in North-western Europe / J. den Ouden, P.A. Jansen and R. Smit
Walnut Seed Dispersal : Mixed Effects of Tree Squirrels and Field Mice with Different Hoarding Ability / N. Tamura, T. Katsuki and F. Hayashi
Influence of Forest Composition on Tree Seed Predation and Rodent Responses : a Comparison of Monodominant and Mixed Temperate Forests in Japan / K. Hoshizaki and H. Miguchi
Impact of Small Rodents on Tree Seeds in Temperate and Subtropical Forests, China / Z.-B. Zhang, Z.-S. Xiao and H.-J. Li
Rodent Scatterhoarders as Conditional Mutualists / T.C. Theimer
Diplochory and the Evolution of Seed Dispersal / S.B. Vander Wall and W.S. Longland
Ants as Seed Dispersers of Fleshy Diaspores in Brazilian Atlantic Forests / M.A. Pizo, L. Passos and P.S. Oliveira
The Role of Dung Beetles as Secondary Seed Dispersers and their Effect on Plant Regeneration in Tropical Rainforests / E. Andresen and F. Feer
Post-dispersal Seed Fate of Some Cloud Forest Tree Species in Costa Rica / D.G. Wenny
Observing Seed Removal : Remote Video Monitoring of Seed Selection, Predation and Dispersal / P.A. Jansen and J. den Ouden
How to Elucidate Seed Fate? A Review of Methods Used to Study Seed Removal and Secondary Seed Dispersal / P.-M. Forget and D.G. Wenny.