Detailed Information on Publication Record
2007
Size and taxonomic constraints determine the seed preferences of Carabidae (Coleoptera)
HONĚK, Alois, Zdena MARTINKOVÁ, Pavel SASKA and Stanislav PEKÁRBasic information
Original name
Size and taxonomic constraints determine the seed preferences of Carabidae (Coleoptera)
Name in Czech
Velikost a taxonomická omezení určují potravní preferenci střevlíků (Coleoptera)
Authors
HONĚK, Alois (203 Czech Republic), Zdena MARTINKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Pavel SASKA (203 Czech Republic) and Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovakia, guarantor)
Edition
Basic and Applied Ecology, Germany, Elsevier, 2007, 1439-1791
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.247
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/07:00022428
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000247895400006
Keywords in English
Seed predation; Specialization; Body mass; Seed size; Adaptation
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 25/6/2009 10:46, prof. Mgr. Stanislav Pekár, Ph.D.
V originále
Several species of carabid beetles are important postdispersal predators of the seeds of herbaceous plants. The preferences of carabids for particular seeds differ, but the factors that determine their choice are little studied. We tested the hypothesis that preferences are determined by taxonomic constraints (carabid species affiliation), and carabid and seed size. The preferences were determined for adults of 30 species of central European field carabids mainly belonging to the tribes Zabrini (17 species) and Harpalini (10 species) (body mass 1-36 mg). In a cafeteria experiment the beetles were offered an excess of seeds from 28 species of dicotyledoneous herbaceous plants (mass 0.1-8.7 mg). The number of seeds eaten during a 5-day experiment was used as an estimate of preference. Mass of the preferred species of seed eaten was positively related to carabid body mass in both tribes.
In Czech
Několik druhů střevlíků je důležitých predátorů semen plevelů...
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