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As mutualists,seed dispersers may significantly affect mutualistic interactions and seedling recruitment of sympatric plants that share similar seed dispersers,but such studies are rare.Here,we compared seed dispersal fitness in two co-occurring plant species(Armeniaca sibirica and Amygdalus davidiana)that inhabit in warm temperate deciduous forest in northern China.We tested the hypothesis that seed trait-mediated selection by rodents may influence mutualistic interactions with rodents and then seedling establishment of co-occurring plant species.