Which seed properties determine the preferences of carabid beetle seed predators?

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F20%3A73603660" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/20:73603660 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41330/20:82329
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/11/757/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/11/757/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11110757" target="_blank" >10.3390/insects11110757</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Which seed properties determine the preferences of carabid beetle seed predators?
Original language description
The carabid beetles are well known for the consumption of weed seeds in arable land, but how they choose the seeds is poorly known. In this work, we try to explain the patterns in preferences of 37 species of carabids based on eight seed properties of 28 species of seeds. Surprisingly, chemical properties of the seeds did not affect the preferences. Instead, preferences were driven mainly by seed structural properties. The importance of particular seed properties was also affected by the degree of predator specialization.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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