Neighbourhood effects and demographic rates of Protea species, Fynbos, Cape Floral Region, South Afrika, 02.2011-09.2012

We set up 27 study plots (120x120m) in the Fynbos, Western Cape and mapped all Protea shrubs taller than 30cm. On 2157 focal plants of 22 Protea species on all sites (Protea acuminata, P. aurea, P. burchellii, P. coronata, P. compacta, P. cynaroides, P. eximia, P. grandiceps, P. laurifolia, P. lepidocarpodendron, P. longifolia, P. lorifolia, P. magnifica, P. mundii, P. nana, P. neriifolia, P. nitida, P. obtusifolia, P. punctata, P. repens, P. speciosa, P. susannae) we measured the canopy seed bank size. For all individuals we counted the number of matured cones and measured the plant size and on 1755 focal individuals we counted number of cones, fertile seeds per cone, total number of ovules per cone, predation rate and seed mass. We created neighborhood models and investigated spatial effects of resources (seed crops and plant size, respectively) provided by the Protea plants in the study sites on the predation rate and on total number of matured cones. For more details see Nottebrock et al. 2016 Oikos (DOI: 10.1111/oik.03438).