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The Flooding Gradient Affects Seed Dispersal by Fruit‐Eating Fishes in Amazonian Whitewater Floodplain Forests

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
This research approaches the interaction between frugivorous fish and the flooded forests in the central Amazon. We evaluated the fruit consumption by fish and the seed dispersal potential along the flood gradient. We tested the hypothesis that the role of fish as seed dispersers varies between low várzea (LV) and high várzea (HV) forests.
Gilvan Costa, Sandra Bibiana Correa, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Efrem Jorge Ferreira, Leonardo Maltchik   +6 more
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Predação e chuva de sementes de Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze na região Sul do Brasil

Biodiversidade Brasileira
A floresta ombrófila mista abriga grande diversidade de espécies como a Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze, que apresenta alto valor econômico, social e ambiental, seja pela excelente qualidade da madeira ou pelas sementes que produz.
Vanessa Lando Bortoncello, Jaime Martinez, Adelar Mantovani   +2 more
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The ecology of attraction: Fruit traits and frugivore diversity in neotropical Piper

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 611-623, March 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Fruit traits can benefit plant reproduction by enhancing seed dispersal by mutualistic frugivores (e.g. seed dispersal syndromes), but identifying the role of specific fruit traits in mediating frugivory is challenging because these traits can serve multiple functions ...
Sharlene E. Santana, Anusha Aggarwal, Sneha Sil, Gloriana Chaverri   +3 more
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Animal–Plant Interactions Under Defaunation: Consequences for Amazonian Trees of Commercial Interest

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We experimentally investigated the effects of medium‐ and large‐sized mammal defaunation on the removal and fate of seeds from economically important forest species in Amazonian forests. Our results show that mammal exclusion significantly reduced seed removal, although the magnitude of this effect varied among plant species.
Arlison Castro, Rodrigo Fadini, Mathias Pires, Carlos R. Brocardo, Icaro Wilker, Clarissa Rosa   +5 more
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Animal‐mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 1, January-February 2026.
Abstract By dispersing seeds, animals provide ecological functions critical for the ecology, evolution, and conservation of plants. We review quantitative and empirical approaches and emerging technologies to quantify processes and patterns of animal‐mediated seed dispersal (zoochory) across its phases: from predispersal to postdispersal.
Noelle G. Beckman, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Binod Borah, James M. Bullock, Amanda S. Gallinat, Juan P. González‐Varo, Abir Jain, Jun Ying Lim, Carina I. Motta, Omer Nevo, Haldre S. Rogers   +10 more
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GRUPOS ECOLÓGICOS E A DISPERSÃO DE SEMENTES DE ESPÉCIES ARBÓREAS EM TRECHO DA FLORESTA TROPICAL NA RESERVA FLORESTAL DE LINHARES (ES)

Revista do Instituto Florestal, 1992
No presente estudo procurou-se avaliar os diferen­tes grupos ecológicos e os processos de dispersão predominantes para espécies arbóreas em trecho da floresta tropical na Reserva Florestal de Unhares (ES). Foram avaliadas 227 espécies.
Luiz Gonzaga da Silva Costa, Fátima C. Marques Pina-Rodriguez, Renato Moraes de Jesus   +2 more
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Trait‐mediated effects driven by an invasive herbivore alter functionally diverse plant–frugivore interactions

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 216-228, January 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Fruit traits play a fundamental role in mediating plant‐frugivore interactions, shaping seed dispersal dynamics. Given the complexity of multi‐species interactions, these traits and, consequently, plant‐frugivore interactions can be indirectly influenced by third‐party ...
Raquel Muñoz‐Gallego, Anna Traveset, Jose M. Fedriani   +2 more
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Abundancia y diversidad de semillas dispersadas por el conejo castellano (Sylvilagus floridanus) en una reserva urbana de la Ciudad de México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Los lagomorfos son dispersores de semillas potencialmente importantes, pero subestudiados. En particular, no existen estudios sobre el papel del conejo castellano como dispersor de semillas; por tanto, el objetivo de este artículo fue evaluar la ...
Yury Glebskiy, Zenón Cano-Santana
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Murciélagos dispersores de semillas en gradientes sucesionales de la Orinoquia (San Martín, Meta, Colombia).

Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2017
La dispersión de semillas por fauna juega un papel fundamental en la reproducción vegetal. Los murciélagos son unos de los dispersores de semillas más importantes en los ecosistemas neotropicales.
Diego Casallas-Pabón, Nathaly Calvo-Roa, Rosario Rojas-Robles   +2 more
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Woody, Animal‐Dispersed Species Recovery With Forest Age and Integrity in Secondary Tropical Forest Seed Banks

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
Graphical abstract showing relationships between forest age, forest landscape integrity index (FLII), and seed bank characteristics including density, species richness, dispersal mode, and community composition across a 130‐year chronosequence at Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama.
Marc Nassivera, Anita Weissflog, Carolina Bello, Liza S. Comita, Thomas W. Crowther, Biancolini Royk Castro Trujillo, Roni Saenz, Oldemar Valdés Magallon, Daisy H. Dent   +8 more
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