Table 3.

Abortion rate of developing seeds, predation rate by larvae of a seed-consuming pollination fly and number of viable seeds in two populations (Huluhai and Yongjiongyi) in three consecutive years (2012–2014) of Rheum nobile, a perennial, semelparous (monocarpic) plant of the high Himalayas

	Year	n	Abortion rate (%) (mean ± s.e.)	Predation rate (%) (mean ± s.e.)	Viable seeds (mean ± s.e.)
Huluhai	2012	5	7.9 ± 2.9	26.5 ± 2.0	7534 ± 1045
	2013	5	9.9 ± 2.9	26.6 ± 2.0	6879 ± 1045
	2014	12	22.1 ± 2.0	23.7 ± 1.4	5574 ± 739
Yongjiongyi	2012	7	9.0 ± 2.6	27.6 ± 1.8	6532 ± 1045
	2013	6	8.8 ± 2.6	26.8 ± 1.8	6691 ± 953
	2014	16	26.6 ± 2.4	21.8 ± 1.7	5636 ± 883