Table 1.
Description of the Prunus mahaleb seed rain generated by four different frugivore types in the study population
| Vector | Sampling |
Source tree location |
Deposition per microhabitat, % (Piout, %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ni | Sampling points, no. | Niin | Niout | P. mahaleb | High shrub | Low shrub | Pinus | Acer-Quercus | Open | |
| Small-birds | 292 | 143 | 234 | 58 | 23 (17.0) | 42 (20.0) | 5 (7.2) | 14 (18.6) | 8 (10) | 8 (7.2) |
| T. viscivorus | 173 | 38 | 137 | 36 | 18 (19.4) | 2 (33.0) | — | 66 (21.5) | 7 (16.7) | 7 (16.7) |
| C. corone | 23 | 4 | 10 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 100 (56.5) |
| Mammals | 167 | 20 | 43 | 124 | 24 (79.4) | — | — | — | — | 76 (67.2) |
The frugivore types studied are as follows: small- to medium-sized birds, including warblers (Sylvia spp.), redstarts (Phoenicurus spp.), and robin Erithacus rubecula, mistle thrushes (T. viscivorus), carrion crows (C. corone), and mammals. For each frugivore type, we report the total number of genotyped endocarps (Ni), the number of sampling points, the number of seeds coming from source trees growing within (Niin) and outside (Niout) the population, and the percentage of seeds deposited per microhabitat type, with the percentage of them coming from outside the population (Piout) in parentheses. Dashes indicate areas wherein no seeds were dispersed.