Effects of seed mass on seed foraging behaviors of two sympatric rodent species
#SeedPredation #AcornMass #Rodents

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🐦🫐 Anthropogenic disturbances simplify frugivory interactions in Amazonia

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X-ray imaging of Acacia caerulescens seed. Healthy undamaged seed appears as pale white roughly circular object on a black background with a small protruding elaiosome at the top. The seed on the left is damaged and shows a small faint shape of a small wasp inside the seed.

A photograph of a microscope image of the small wasp. The wasp was damaged during dissection of the hard seed and appears orange on a white background. The wasp has a distinct forked ovipositor.

Is it a seed or a shadow? No, it's a mystery phytophagous wasp. Someone suggested it's Bruchophagus but we've not tried the keys yet so we'll see but any suggestions are most welcome. #SeedEcology #SeedPredation #entemology #ecology

X-ray imaging of Acacia caerulescens seed. Healthy undamaged seed appears as pale white roughly circular object on a black background with a small protruding elaiosome at the top. The seed on the left is damaged and shows a small faint shape of a small wasp.

A photograph of a microscope image of the small wasp. The wasp was damaged during dissection of the hard seed and appears orange on a white background. The wasp has a distinct forked ovipositor.

Is it a seed or a shadow? No, it's a mystery phytophagous wasp. Someone suggested it's Bruchophagus but we've not tried the keys yet so we'll see.
#SeedEcology #SeedPredation #entemology #ecology

New NIOO publication: Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser. #seeddispersal #seedpredation #granivores #frugivores
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.02.005