A Study of Seed Predation Interaction

dc.contributor.author	Craine, Catherine
dc.contributor.department	Biology
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-15T19:57:33Z
dc.date.available	2014-01-15T19:57:33Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01-15
dc.description.abstract	Seed predation is a particularly interesting yet little studied plant-animal interaction. Seed predators are animals that eat (digest) seeds. Many species of insects, mammals and birds fall in this category. Vertebrate seed predators often aid in seed dispersal as a sort of side benefit to their seed consumption. Seed predators of the beetle family (Coleoptera), particularly the Bruchidae, Anthribidae, and Circulonidae, have received some study because of their widespread predation on the seeds of legumes economically important to man. Daniel Janzen has studied some seed predation systems involving bruchid beetles (1969, 1971, 1972). According to Janzen (1971a), some members of all plant families suffer some seed predation, and seed predators are found in all terrestrial and freshwater habitats containing higher plants.
dc.format.extent	28 pages
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/31911
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
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dc.title	A Study of Seed Predation Interaction
dc.type	Term Project
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