Claim · model-written summary
Seedling mortality arose from desiccation in the matrix and herbivory and trampling under trees.
- Taxon
- Ziziphus mucronata
Ziziphus mucronatat0 - Outcome
- seedling mortalitye0
- Qualifier
- desiccation in the matrix, but invertebrate herbivory and trampling beneath treese0
- Setting
- in the matrixe0
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Verbatim
e0“Causes of seedling mortality were different: desiccation in the matrix, but invertebrate herbivory and trampling beneath trees”
t0“Ziziphus mucronata”
Title
Colleen L. Seymour Journal of Vegetation Science 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01096.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Seeds from Ziziphus plants beneath Acacia had higher germination than seeds from open-grown plants.
- Observation Germination was higher in full sun.
- Observation Germination was higher in matrix soil under simulated good rainfall.
- Observation Acacia subcanopy was important for Ziziphus establishment.
- Intervention effect Seedlings transplanted into the matrix survived more often than those beneath trees.
- Observation Adult Ziziphus in the open had higher mistletoe infestation.
- Observation Seed set did not differ significantly between subcanopy and matrix.
- Association After accounting for infestation and size, open-grown adults had lower seed set than those under trees.
- Observation The nurse-tree environment remained important throughout the Ziziphus lifecycle.