White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Disperse Seeds of the Invasive Shrub, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

Steven M. Castellano; David L. Gorchov

doi:10.3375/043.033.0109

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Steven M. Castellano,^1,* David L. Gorchov^1,**,***

¹1Department of Botany Miami University 700 East High Street Oxford, OH 45056

^*Steve Castellano is a doctoral student in Botany at Miami University. His research focuses on the landscape-scale distribution and spread of invasive shrubs, dispersal vectors, including white-tailed deer, and landscape attributes favoring invasion. Other interests include native plants and native habitat restoration.
^** Corresponding author: gorchodl@muohio.edu
^***David Gorchov is a professor of Botany at Miami University. Dave and his graduate and undergraduate students study the patterns and processes of plant invasions in deciduous forests and the effects of deer and invasive plants on forest plant communities.

Abstract

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) are known to disperse seeds of a hybrid complex of invasive honeysuckle shrubs in northeastern United States. We investigated whether they also disperse seeds of Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, a problematic invasive shrub in the Midwestern and eastern U.S. We found that deer ingest ripe fruit and void intact seeds of L. maackii. Based on tetrazolium tests, most (68%) of these voided seeds are viable, but the proportion viable was significantly lower than that for seeds taken directly from ripe fruits. White-tailed deer are potentially important in the long-distance dispersal of this invasive shrub.

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Steven M. Castellano and David L. Gorchov "White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Disperse Seeds of the Invasive Shrub, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)," Natural Areas Journal 33(1), 78-80, (1 January 2013). https://doi.org/10.3375/043.033.0109

Published: 1 January 2013

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