Masting has different effects on seed predation by insects and birds in antarctic beech forests with no influence of forest management

• Published in: Forest Ecology and Management
• Main Authors: Soler Esteban, Rosina Matilde, Espelta, Josep Maria, Lencinas, María Vanessa, Peri, Pablo Luis, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Nothofagus; Producción de Semillas; Depredación; Pájaros Depredadores; Insectos Depredadores; Ordenación Forestal; Seed Production; Predation; Predatory Birds; Predatory Insects; Forest Management; Nothofagus antarctica; Antarctic; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Martínez; Pablo; Soler; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2729; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112717305686; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.014

Mast seeding is characteristic of many long-lived tree species and widely proposed as a mechanism to reduce seed predation. However, whether the efficiency of this reproductive response may vary depending on type of seed predator (e.g., invertebrates vs. vertebrates) or depending on local characteri...