Seed eater
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Various birds, such as this green finch ( Carduelis chloris ), prefer to feed on seeds
As a seed-eaters (also Granivoren or Körnerfresser ) animals are referred to, which the seeds eaten by plants to provide sufficient nutrition be ensured. This seed-feeding can be a mortality factor for plants , the fattening year is interpreted as a defense mechanism against seed-eaters in order to satiate the predator .
If the seed is able to survive in the animal, the seed of the plant species can spread through it .
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- Matthias Schäfer: Ecology , dictionaries of biology, UTB for science: Uni-Taschenbücher, 3rd revised. and exp. Ed., G. Fischer, Jena 1992, ISBN 3-8252-0430-8