Exploring how plant-insect interactions could shape the spatial distribution of trees in a UK woodland.
Investigating the role of pre-dispersal seed predation in the maintenance of tropical plant biodiversity.
1. Pre-dispersal seed mortality caused by premature fruit drop is a potentially important source of plant mortality, but one which has rarely been studied in the context of tropical forest plants. Of particular interest is premature fruit drop …
Walking around a tropical forest it is not uncommon to come across unripened fruits on the floor. Trees will often abort the development of their offspring if deemed unlikely to reach adulthood as a plant, allowing them to fall and die.
Understanding how and why patterns in plant–herbivore interactions vary across the tree of life and around the world.