Claim · model-written summary
Autumn-dispersed seeds passed winter on the ground protected by low temperatures.
- Taxon
- Atriplex sagittata
Atriplex sagittatat0 - Organ / stage
- Seedse0
- Outcome
- protected from invertebrate predatione0
- Qualifier
- low temperaturese0
Verbatim
e0“Seeds dispersed in the autumn passed the winter on the ground surface, protected from invertebrate predation by low temperatures.”
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 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.
- Observation Arion vulgaris preferred seedlings and could exterminate them where abundant.
