Chilpa-Galván et al. 2017 (Article) Tillandsia, predation, Epiphyte

Drought, post-dispersal seed predation, and the establishment of epiphytic bromeliads (Tillandsia spp.)

Author(s):—N. Chilpa-Galván, G. Zotz, G.J. Sánchez-Fuente, C. Espadas-Manrique, J.L. Andrade & C. Reyes-García

Publication:—Biotropica 49(6): 770-773. (2017) — DOI

Abstract:—Abstract Post-dispersal, epiphyte seed predation is poorly documented. Our study on the in situ germination of two Tillandsia species in a deciduous forest in Yucatan, Mexico showed an average post-dispersal seed predation rate by the Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) of 90%. Post-dispersal predation was thus more limiting than drought.

Keywords:—anemochory, cenote, desiccation, dry deciduous forest, rodents, seed predation, Tillandsia, Yucatan peninsula