Data from: Drought, post-dispersal seed predation and the establishment of epiphytic bromeliads (Tillandsia spp.)

Post-dispersal predation in epiphytes is poorly documented. In
the course of a study on in situ germination of two Tillandsia species in a
deciduous forest in Yucatan, Mexico, post-dispersal seed predation rates by
the Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) averaged 90%.
Post-dispersal predation was thus more limiting than drought.

附生植物（epiphytes）的扩散后种子捕食现象鲜有文献记载。在针对墨西哥尤卡坦半岛一处落叶林中的两种铁兰属（Tillandsia）植物开展的原位萌发研究中，尤卡坦鹿鼠（Peromyscus yucatanicus）造成的扩散后种子捕食率平均达90%。由此可见，扩散后种子捕食对种子存活的限制作用较干旱更为显著。