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TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 738-744Publisher
TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800311
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Janzen-Connell model; mortality agents; pathogens; seed-to-seedling transition; Serianthes nelsonii
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- United States Department of Defense [N40192-14-M-5010]
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Potential agents of seedling mortality for Guam's only known Serianthes nelsonii (Hayun lagu) tree were determined from the in situ crop of emerging seedlings. We used insecticides to mitigate exotic arthropod pressure, fertilizer to mitigate nutrient deficiency, fungicide to mitigate root pathogen pressure, and supplemental lighting to mitigate low light stress. The fungicide treatment was the only treatment that elicited a substantial increase in seedling longevity. Past reports based on general observations point to insect and ungulate herbivory as likely agents of seedling mortality. Our results identify root pathogens as an additional cause of mortality at the study site. Results may be useful for designing more complex experiments to improve species recovery efforts.
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