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Seed mortality represents a substantial cost for plants and can have a large effect on plant reproductive fitness. Here we report evidence for pre-dispersal seed mortality by a novel mechanism: culm felling in female nut-seeded restios by rodents. We noted strong female-specific culm felling in the nut-fruited Cannomois congesta Mast. (Restionaceae) from the South Western Cape, South Africa. Camera-trap...