mammals

Small mammals influence plant community structure around the world by preferentially consuming seeds of certain sizes and implications for ecological restoration

Small mammals influence plant community structure around the world by preferentially consuming seeds of certain sizes and implications for ecological restoration

Scientists have long recognized that rodents and other small mammals are such voracious seed predators that they could affect plant abundance in natural systems. However, many plant species produce so many more seeds than are necessary to replace and expand their populations that seed predation may have negligible effects on plant populations and communities…