1995/09/01 by Jon J. Sullivan, C. J. Burrows, J. S. Dugdale · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Forest Insect Ecology and Management #Plant and animal studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/0028825x.1995.10412962
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Abstract Samples of fruit collected from woody plants in central South Island lowland forests, showed that nine species were more or less heavily affected by insect seed predation (more than 10% of seeds and up to 63% eaten in some samples). One obligate seed‐eater each occurred in seven of these; the rest had two or more. Two were also attacked by facultative seed‐eaters. A further eight species of plants were affected to a lesser degree by obligate or facultative seed‐eating insects. Moth larvae from nine families and ten genera are the main seed eaters, but weevils are important for some plant species.