Papers by Rocio Salinas Prado
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 9 DECLARATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS 11 1 INTRODUCTION 13 1.1 The importance of seed di... more ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 9 DECLARATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS 11 1 INTRODUCTION 13 1.1 The importance of seed dispersal and post-dispersal processes for plant recruitment 1.2 Seed dispersal and post-dispersal as spatially explicit processes 1.2.1 Seed dispersal 1.2.2 Post-dispersal 1.3 The present state of seed dispersal, seed and seedling predation in New Zealand 1.3.1 Seed dispersers 1.3.2 Post-dispersal seed predators and ground herbivores 1.4 Thesis outline 2 FRUGIVORES ENHANCE SMALL-SCALE DIVERSITY IN THE SEED RAIN OF A MATURE TEMPERATE FOREST 22 2.1 Abstract 2.2 Introduction 2.3 Methods 2.3.1 Study species and sites 2.3.2 Experimental plots 2.3.3 Statistical analyses 2.4 Results 2.4.1 Change in seed diversity 2.4.2 Spatial associations between seeds and trees 2.5 Discussion 2.5.1 Limitations of the study: seed types and masting 2.5.2 Possible outcomes of the increase in seed-fall diversity 2.5.3 Concluding remarks 3 BIOTIC SEED DISPERSAL DECREASES SEED RAIN HETEROGENEITY IN A MIXED TEMPERATE FOREST 41 3.1 Abstract 3.2 Introduction 3.3 Methods 3.3.1 Study site and species 3.3.2 Seed rain 3.3.3 Data analysis 3.4 Results 3.4.1 Seed removal rates 3.4.2 Species composition at canopy and seed rain levels 3.4.3 Effects of tree canopies on seed rain 3.5 Discussion 3.5.1 Seed rain 3.5.2 Community composition and homogenization of seed rain 3.5.3 Effects of tree canopies on seed rain 3.5.4 Concluding remarks 3
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Papers by Rocio Salinas Prado