Claim · model-written summary
Pigeons dispersed 54.7% of seeds.
- Interactor
- D. pacifica
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Ducula pacificae0other - Outcome
- seeds (54.7%) in the study area were estimated to be dispersed by D. pacificae0
- Value
- 54.7%e0
Not reportedTaxonMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Most seeds (54.7%) in the study area were estimated to be dispersed by D. pacifica”
Title
Early fate of Myristica hypargyraea seeds dispersed by Ducula pacifica in Tonga, Western Polynesia
HAYLEY J. MEEHAN; KIM R. MCCONKEY; DONALD R. DRAKE Austral Ecology 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01479.x
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Predispersal parrot predation was low and varied among trees.
- Observation Most ingested seeds were expelled below parent crowns.
- Observation A fifth of ingested seeds were dispersed locally.
- Observation Less than 0.3% reached a different forest type over 300 m away.
- Observation Flying foxes dispersed 0.7% of seeds below fruiting crowns.
- Observation After 160 days, 4% to 39% of seeds were viable or established.
- Observation Rats removed or killed most seeds.
- Association Seed survival was highest after local dispersal.
- Observation Pigeons alone moved seeds regularly within and beyond the forest.
- Association Pigeon dispersal offered little overall survival advantage.
- Mechanism Pigeons play a significant role in regeneration.