The amount of seed damage done by insects in closed infructescences of Protea repens was recorded in order to establish the period when the maximum number of viable seeds is present on the plant. The larvae of three species of Coleoptera and two species of Lepidoptera were responsible for all the seed damage. There was a linear decrease with time in the percentage of undamaged seeds. Thirty weeks after flowering 68% of the seed production was undamaged, but after 102weeks only 16% of the production remained undamaged. The highest number of viable seeds was present on plants from January to March, indicating this to be the most suitable period for controlled burning of P. repens. The heavy insect predation rate suggested that seed loss is a ...
The objective of this study was to investigate endophagous insect species richness in Fynbos. The in...
The development of fruits after pollination places resource demands on plants that may influence the...
We studied the impact of the seed damaging gall midge larva Geomyia alpina on its perennial alpine h...
The amount of seed damage done by insects in closed infructescences of Protea repens was recorded in...
Within the Proteaceae, 353 species confined to 7 genera in the Grevilleoideae have woody fruits. The...
AbstractFlowers of many plant species are visited by both birds and insects, making it necessary to ...
Seed and seedling predation by small mammals, thought to be significant factors controlling the recr...
Many species in several genera of Cape Proteaceae retain seeds in serotinous cones for a number of y...
Inflorescences and cones of serotinous (canopy-stored seed) Proteaceae are extensively harvested by ...
The effects of season of burn, on two species of the Proteaceae with soil-stored seed, Leucadendron ...
The ability of small mammals to select Protea neriifolia seeds containing embryos (full seeds) was e...
Many species of Cape Proteaceae have seeds dispersed by ants. Ants may reduce seed prédation by rapi...
This paper explores the effects of density on the fecundity of Protea lepidocarpodendron (L.) L. Thi...
The responses of Leucadendron laureolum (Lam.) Fourc. to season of burn were studied in a replicated...
1. Flowering phenology is an important life history trait affecting plant reproductive performanc...
The objective of this study was to investigate endophagous insect species richness in Fynbos. The in...
The development of fruits after pollination places resource demands on plants that may influence the...
We studied the impact of the seed damaging gall midge larva Geomyia alpina on its perennial alpine h...
The amount of seed damage done by insects in closed infructescences of Protea repens was recorded in...
Within the Proteaceae, 353 species confined to 7 genera in the Grevilleoideae have woody fruits. The...
AbstractFlowers of many plant species are visited by both birds and insects, making it necessary to ...
Seed and seedling predation by small mammals, thought to be significant factors controlling the recr...
Many species in several genera of Cape Proteaceae retain seeds in serotinous cones for a number of y...
Inflorescences and cones of serotinous (canopy-stored seed) Proteaceae are extensively harvested by ...
The effects of season of burn, on two species of the Proteaceae with soil-stored seed, Leucadendron ...
The ability of small mammals to select Protea neriifolia seeds containing embryos (full seeds) was e...
Many species of Cape Proteaceae have seeds dispersed by ants. Ants may reduce seed prédation by rapi...
This paper explores the effects of density on the fecundity of Protea lepidocarpodendron (L.) L. Thi...
The responses of Leucadendron laureolum (Lam.) Fourc. to season of burn were studied in a replicated...
1. Flowering phenology is an important life history trait affecting plant reproductive performanc...
The objective of this study was to investigate endophagous insect species richness in Fynbos. The in...
The development of fruits after pollination places resource demands on plants that may influence the...
We studied the impact of the seed damaging gall midge larva Geomyia alpina on its perennial alpine h...