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Plantations of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. have been expanding rapidly worldwide. The species is considered invasive in several regions. While in the native range, post-dispersal seed predation is known to severely limit eucalypt recruitment, there is no experimental evidence of seed predation in the introduced range. We hypothesised that E.\u00a0globulus seeds largely escape predation in Portugal, which may explain its prolific recruitment in some locations. We tested this hypothesis in central Portugal by exposing E.\u00a0globulus seeds to the local fauna. For comparison purposes, we also used seeds from locally common species: Acacia dealbata Link (alien, larger, elaiosome-bearing seeds) and Cistus salviifolius\u00a0L. (native, similarly sized seeds). We installed 30 feeding stations across three study sites, each one dominated by one study species. Each feeding station featured four feeders with different animal-access treatments: invertebrates; vertebrates; full access; no access (control). We placed five seeds of each plant species every day in each feeder and registered the number of seeds missing, eaten and elaiosome detached over 9 summer days. Eucalyptus globulus seeds were highly attractive to fauna in the three sites. Nearly half of E.\u00a0globulus seeds were predated or removed, thus contradicting our hypothesis. Surprisingly, E.\u00a0globulus and A.\u00a0dealbata seeds were used by animals in similar proportions and C.\u00a0salviifolius seeds were the least preferred. Vertebrates were the predominant seed predators and preferred the alien seeds. Invertebrates used all seed species in similar proportions. We found spatial variation regarding the predominant type of seed predators and the levels of seed predation according to the following patterns: predominance of vertebrates; predominance of invertebrates; negligible seed predator activity. Locations with negligible seed predation were abundant and scattered across the study area. Such spatial variation may help to explain the heterogeneous recruitment patterns of E.\u00a0globulus seedlings found in previous studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5194\/we-18-67-2018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,26]],"date-time":"2018-04-26T10:28:39Z","timestamp":1524738519000},"page":"67-79","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Are post-dispersed seeds of &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Eucalyptus globulus&amp;lt;\/i&amp;gt; predated in the introduced range? 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