Claim · model-written summary
Arion vulgaris preferred seedlings and could exterminate them where abundant.
- Taxon
- Atriplex sagittata
Atriplex sagittatat0 - Organ / stage
- seedlingse0
- Interactor
- Arion vulgaris
Arion vulgarise0herbivore - Outcome
- can exterminate seedlingse0
- Qualifier
- at places in which slugs are abundante0
Verbatim
e0“The seedlings were little endangered by carabids and isopods but were preferred by an invasive slug, Arion vulgaris, the feeding of which can exterminate seedlings at places in which slugs are abundant.”
t0“Atriplex sagittata”
Title
The role of invertebrates in seedling establishment in a heterocarpic plant, Atriplex sagittata
A. Honek; Z. Martinkova; S. Koprdova; et al. Annals of Applied Biology 2017. doi:10.1111/aab.12372
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Autumn-dispersed seeds passed winter on the ground protected by low temperatures.
- Observation Pseudoophonus rufipes preferred ungerminated black seeds on the ground surface.
- Observation Some black seeds escaped predation by early spring germination.
- Observation All brown seeds escaped predation by early spring germination.
- Observation Seedlings were little endangered by carabids and isopods.
