| pre-dispersal seed predation: the role of fruit abortion and selective oviposition. | oviposition sites of phytophagous insects should correlate with plant traits that maximize survival of the progeny. plants, on the other hand, should benefit from traits and developmental patterns that complicate oviposition decisions. in the antagonistic interaction between plant and pre-dispersal seed predator the time lag between egg laying and seed development may allow for abortion of fruits in plants, potentially reducing fitness loss through predation. we studied the perennial herb lathvr ... | 2007 | 18229831 |
| spatiotemporal variation in predispersal seed predation intensity. | the effect of predispersal seed predation by bruchus atomarius (bruchidae, coleoptera) on individual performance and population dynamics of the perennial forest herb, lathyrus vernus (leguminosae), was investigated in 11 permanent plots over 4 years. seed predation and parameters describing intra-specific neighbour distance, plant size, inflorescence size, flowering phenology and current and previous herbivore damage were measured on all plants. in addition, demographic information from all plot ... | 1996 | 28307805 |