Variation in seedling density and seed predation indicators for the emergent tree Dipteryx panamensis in continuous and fragmented rain forest |
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| Author | |
| Hanson, Thor; Brunsfeld, Steven; Finegan, Bryan | |
| Year | |
| 2006 | |
| Secondary Title | |
| Biotropica | |
| Volume | |
| 38 | |
| Pages | |
| 770-774 | |
| Abstract | |
| Seedling density and the condition of stony endocarps of the tree Dipteryx panamensis were assessed in protected continuous forest and two forest fragments exposed to hunting and selective logging. Seedling density was higher in forest fragments than in continuous forest, while more whole endocarps and fewer chewed and half endocarps were found in fragments, indicating lower seed predation at fragment sites. These findings appear to contradict two earlier D. panamensis studies and we discuss methodological differences that could account for our disparate results. Hunting and fragmentation effects on mammal populations are suggested as a cause for the altered recruitment pattern in fragments. | |
| DOI | |
| 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00204.x | |
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