Relative importance of vertebrates and invertebrates in epigeaic weed seed predation in organic cereal fields

By P. Westerman, A. Hofman, L. Vet, W. van der Werf. 2003

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Subfields: Insect Science, Plant Science

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Effects of tillage and irrigation in cereal fields on weed seed removal by seed predators (2009, methodology): “Seed predation assays, such as those used in this study, can yield valuable information as to when and where seed predators are active and which type of predator is active (Westerman et al. 2003b).”
Effects of killed cover crop mulch on weeds, weed seeds, and herbivores (2006, background): “For example, cover crops increased populations of granivorous carabid beetles (House and Alzugaray, 1989; Laub and Luna, 1992; Armstrong and McKinlay, 1997) which are important seed consumers in temperate ecosystems (Brust and House, 1988; Kjellson, 1985; Manley, 1992; Westerman et al., 2003).”
Where are the bioherbicides? (2005, background): “…that modification of cropping systems in a number of different methods can have a significant effect on populations of small mammals and herbivorous insects, such as carabid beetles that consume weed seeds (Liebman and Davis 2000; Marino et al. 1997; Menalled et al. 2000; Westerman et al. 2003).”
Effect of cover-cropping systems on invertebrate seed predation (2005, background): “An apparent exception to these examples comes from a recent study of predation in fall- and spring-sown organic cereal fields in the Netherlands (Westerman et al. 2003).”
National-scale regulation of the weed seedbank by carabid predators (2011, unknown): “Carabid beetles have been studied as potential natural enemies of weeds, through predation of weed seeds by omnivorous and granivorous species (Tooley & Brust 2002; Westerman et al. 2003;Honek et al. 2007; Baraibar et al. 2009).”
The functional role of soil seed banks in natural communities. (2014, background): “Postdispersal seed predation and soil seed banks Seed predation and dispersal by animals varies over time and space in relation to their abundance and activity (Hulme, 1994, 1998a; Menalled et al., 2000; Westerman et al., 2003; Koprdová et al., 2010).”