Seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations
A. L. Hargreaves, E. Suarez, K. Mehltreter, I. Myers-Smith, S. E. Vanderplank, H. L. Slinn, Y. L. Vargas-Rodriguez, S. Haeussler, S. David, J. Munoz, R. C. Almazan Nunez, D. Loughnan, J. W. Benning, D. A. Moeller, J. F. Brodie, , P. A. Morales M
The paper finds that post-dispersal seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations, driven by climate seasonality rather than productivity or biodiversity.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2018Ecology