PHYLLOCAULIS GAYI (PULMONATA: SYSTELLOMMATOPHORA): A NEGLECTED GRANIVORE IN CHILEAN TEMPERATE FORESTS?

Simonetti, Javier A; Grez, Audrey A.; Bustamante, Ramiro O

Keywords: invertebrates, granivory, forest fragmentation, invertebrados, Nothofagus, Phyllocaulis, Fragmentación de bosques, granivoría, Phyllocaulis

Abstract

Evidence is advanced suggesting that Phyllocaulis gayi, a large slug in the temperate forests of Chile, might be a significant but overlooked granivore. In a short-term experiment, up to 18% of seeds are preyed upon by P. gayi. The intensity of seed predation is significantly reduced in forest fragments

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Título según SCIELO: PHYLLOCAULIS GAYI (PULMONATA: SYSTELLOMMATOPHORA): A NEGLECTED GRANIVORE IN CHILEAN TEMPERATE FORESTS?
Título de la Revista: GAYANA
Volumen: 67
Número: 1
Editorial: EDICIONES UNIV, CONCEPCION
Fecha de publicación: 2003
Página de inicio: 115
Página final: 117
Idioma: en
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382003000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
DOI:

10.4067/S0717-65382003000100013

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