小果野芭蕉种子散布和不同时空尺度上种子被捕食格局.PDFVIP

X 2008, 32( 1) 133~ 142 J ournal of Plant Ecology ( Chinese Version 孟令曾 高秀霞 陈 进* ( , 666303) ( Musa acuminata), 75%, 25% , ( ) : 3d 86%, ( ) 69%( )56% :(p 0. 001) , (p 0. 001) ,, (p 0.05) , ,, , ,( , ) SEED DISPERSAL AND SPATIAL-TEMPORAL VARIATION OF SEED PREDATION OF M USA ACUMINATA IN XISHUANGBANNA, SOUTHWEST CHINA * MENG Ling-Zeng, GA Xiu-Xia, and CHEN Jin Xishuangbanna Trop ical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Mengla, Yunnan 6663 3, China Abstract Aims Seed dispersal and seed predation are important on mechanisms of forest maintenance and degeneration. Understanding them can enable effective conservation measures, especially in Xishuangbanna tropical rainforest in Chinawhich is suffering severe pressures. Methods Musa acuminata is alargeherbaceous plant in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. We investigated seed dispersal and spatia-l temporalvariation of seed predation in threehabitats (wild banana communities, vir- gin rainforest and open habitat) in three different sites of Xishuangbanna (XTBG, Xinshan and Bubeng) . We used two treatments excluding ants and rodents and surveyed community structureof ants and rodents to explore the relationship between abundance of predators and intensity of seed predation. Imp ortantf indings Bats were the most important, effective seed disperser, and birds also played an impor- tant role in seed dispersal, with approximately 75% of the mature fruits of