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Abstract

An interpretive ecledic review of the widesprelld lind diffuse liter.llture on the om; nipresent phenomenon of lInimals preying on seeds, this paper focuses on the dif· ferences between pre- lind post-ciisperllll seed predlltion, seed disperllll vs.· seed predation, chemiclil lind behaviorat. defenses of plants agllinst seed predators, and the impad of seed predators on plllnt lIrrays. (The SCI indicates that this paper has been cited over .130 times since 1971.J