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Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Birds and bats feed on the fruit, and presumably disperse, the seeds of Pilosocereus leucocephalus, a keystone columnar cactus species in Mesoamerica Abstract In the frugivory networks of many arid and semi‐arid Mesoamerican ecosystems, columnar cacti act as keystone species that produce fruits with a high content of water and nutrients attractive to ...
Vázquez-Castillo S, Miranda-Jácome A, Ruelas Inzunza E.   +2 more
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Urbanization of seed dispersal networks. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Rapid urban expansion is affecting the composition of wild communities and creating novel ecosystems worldwide. Seed dispersal is key for ecosystem persistence, particularly in fragmented landscapes. However, generalizations regarding the impacts of urbanization are still difficult due to the lack of studies encompassing the urban matrix.
Mendes SB, Olesen JM, Nogales M, Marrero P, Romero J, Nieves C, Heleno R.   +6 more
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Intensidade de herbivoria na espécie Macroptilium lathyroides (Fabaceae)

Diversitas Journal, 2020
RESUMO: As interações planta-animal, apresentam-se através de relações ditas desarmônicas ou antagonistas, e harmônicas ou de cooperação. Levando em consideração as relações antagonistas, a herbivoria é a mais importante, podendo afetar as folhas ...
Jaciele Targino da Silva, Charlane Moura da Silva, José Ronaldo Ferreira de Lima, Natan Messias de Almeida   +3 more
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Escarificación de endocarpos del jobo (Spondias mombin, Anacardiaceae) debido al paso por el tracto digestivo de monos aulladores de manto (Alouatta palliata mexicana): un vistazo microscópico

Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2022
Antecedentes y Objetivos: Diversos estudios han destacado el importante papel de los monos aulladores (Alouatta palliata mexicana) en la dispersión de semillas y, con ello, en la regeneración de las poblaciones de plantas con frutos carnosos de los ...
Daniela Alicia Torres-Anaya, Wesley Dáttilo, Greta Hanako Rosas Saito, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva   +3 more
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Frugivoria: A trait database for birds and mammals exhibiting frugivory across contiguous Neotropical moist forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 32, Issue 9, Page 1466-1484, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Motivation Biodiversity in many areas is rapidly declining because of global change. As such, there is an urgent need for new tools and strategies to help identify, monitor and conserve biodiversity hotspots. This is especially true for frugivores, species consuming fruit, because of their important role in seed dispersal and maintenance of ...
Beth E. Gerstner, Patrick Bills, Phoebe L. Zarnetske   +2 more
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Frugivory underpins the nitrogen cycle

Functional Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 357-368, February 2021., 2021
A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. Abstract Tropical rainforests are populated by large frugivores that feed upon fruit‐producing woody species, yet their role in regulating the cycle of globally important biogeochemical elements such as nitrogen is still unknown.
Nacho Villar, Claudia Paz, Valesca Zipparro, Sergio Nazareth, Leticia Bulascoschi, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Mauro Galetti, Shawn Leroux   +7 more
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Saurocoría en cocodrilos no favorece la dispersión y viabilidad de semillas

Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2021
La dispersión de semillas por reptiles (saurocoría) ha recibido atención recientemente y se ha reportado el consumo de frutos y semillas en cocodrilianos, actuando como potenciales dispersores de semillas.
Mariana González Solórzano, Monserrat Araceli Gómez Torres, Marco Antonio López Luna, Armando Hiram Escobedo Galván   +3 more
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Síndromes de dispersión de semillas en comunidades de bosque mesófilo de montaña, en la región centro de Veracruz, México

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2019
Antecedentes: Los síndromes de dispersión permiten obtener patrones de dispersores potenciales entre comunidades, ambientes y taxones contrastantes, ayudan a entender su influencia en la composición, estructura y dinámica de las comunidades vegetales ...
Tania Lizbeth Velázquez-Escamilla, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Betsabé Ruiz-Guerra, Noé Velázquez-Rosas   +3 more
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Rede de interações ave-planta: um estudo sobre frugivoria em áreas urbanas do Brasil

Biotemas, 2015
No Brasil, poucos trabalhos comparam o consumo de frutos nativos e exóticos, especialmente em ambiente urbano. A Teoria de Redes pode ser útil nestes estudos, pois permite avaliar várias espécies de aves e plantas envolvidas em interações.
Diego Silva Freitas Oliveira, Alexandre Gabriel Franchin, Oswaldo Marçal-Júnior   +2 more
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Waterbird seed‐dispersal networks are similarly nested but less modular than those of frugivorous birds, and not driven by functional traits

Functional Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 11, Page 2283-2291, November 2020., 2020
A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. Abstract Frugivory is widely recognized as vital for the dispersal of many plants. Moreover, plant species and their frugivorous dispersers form seed‐dispersal assemblages whose structure has important implications for the persistence and stability of the ...
Esther Sebastián‐González, Ádám Lovas‐Kiss, Merel B. Soons, Bas van den Broek, Andy J. Green, Colleen Seymour   +5 more
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