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Elizabeth A. DeMattia, Lisa M. Curran, and Beverly J. Rathcke. 2004. Effects of small rodents and large mammals on Neotropical seeds. Ecology 85:2161–2170.

Appendix C. Cox Regression results for 2001: differences among treatments.

Table C1. The effects of treatment on seed predation rates for E. costaricensis, V. koshnyi, B. costaricanum, and C. racemosa in the 2001 seed trials.

Species

Treatment

Difference in Seed Predation Rate
(Hazard Ratio) with respect to SR

E. costaricensis

CLOSED

0.497 × less*

 

LMSR

2.14 × higher**

V. koshnyi

CLOSED

0.021 × less***

 

LMSR

1.5 × higher

B. costaricanum

CLOSED

0.120 × less***

 

LMSR

1.44 × higher

C. racemosa

CLOSED

0.062 × less**

 

LMSR

1.325 × higher

* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001



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