Invasive Strawberry Guava weakens avian frugivory in native forests of an oceanic island
Ghanishta Seeburrun e outros, 2026 · PeerJ
Removal of invasive alien plants increased the odds of bird feeding attempts on fruit models by more than threefold relative to invaded forest.
Estimativa · odds of bird attack on artificial fruit models
3,38 [2,28; 5,01]
odds ratio
p < 0.001
- Desenho
- Outro observacional. Comparative ecological field experiment with repeated monthly sampling and beta-binomial GLMM
- População
- Understorey native plants across weeded and invaded lowland wet forest plots at two protected sites in Mauritius between August 2024 and July 2025
- Amostra
- 7.906 · artificial fruit models retrieved across 11 monthly rounds
Onde está o número
Results > Drivers of frugivory rate/attack on fruit models; Section 'Drivers of frugivory rate/attack on fruit models', first paragraph
in invaded forests (β = 1.22 ± 0.20 SE, z = 6.09, p < 0.001). This corresponded to approximately a threefold increase in the odds of fruit attack in weeded forests compared to invaded forests (odds ratio = 3.38, 95% CI [2.28–5.01])
Contexto
What changed: Long-term mechanical removal and maintenance weeding of woody invasive plants (primarily Psidium cattleyanum) in Conservation Management Areas. Comparison: Adjacent invaded, unweeded native forest plots at two sites. Limits: Only two spatial sites studied on a single oceanic island, and clay fruit models serve as a proxy rather than measuring actual seed fate.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaProvisão direta
- TipoRestauração e manejo de ecossistemas
- EixoPerda de biodiversidade
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- Brise Fer · Distrito ou local · MU
- Mare Longue · Distrito ou local · MU
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23