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Investigations on the removal by animals of Acacia longifolia (Fabaceae) seed from the soil surface at Banhoek in the southwestern Cape

Published in: South African Journal of Plant and Soil
Volume 7 , issue 2 , 1990 , pages: 155–157

DOI: 10.1080/02571862.1990.10634556

Author(s): P.J. Pieterse , Republic of South Africa , A. , L.P. Cairns Department of Agronomy, Republic of South Africa

Keywords: Acacia longifolia , post-dispersal seed predation , seed bank , seed dispersal

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Abstract

Studies on the removal of Acacia longifolia (Andr.) Willd. seed from trays on the soil surface showed that 91,07% of the seed was removed after one week of exposure. Exclusion treatments indicated that ants removed 57,22% of the seed while rodents and birds removed 33,85% of the seed. Ants removed 48,25% of seeds with intact arils and only 1,25% of seeds without arils.

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