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Plant and frugivore species characteristics drive frugivore contributions to seed dispersal effectiveness in a hyperdiverse community

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 238-253, January 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Seed dispersal by frugivores is a crucial step of the life cycle of most plants, influencing plant population and community dynamics. Although very important for most ecosystems, we are just beginning to understand which are the mechanisms driving frugivore‐mediated ...
Mariana Campagnoli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of alien plants in the composition of fruit-eating bird assemblages in Brazilian urban ecosystems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Between 1985 and 2004, 91 wild fruit-eating bird species were studied in 11 urban areas of Brazil: 78 of these species were seed dispersers and 13 were seed predators. The most representative families of fruit-eating birds in these areas were: Thraupidae
Guix, Juan Carlos
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Densidade parasitária e potencial ornitocórico de aves silvestres: resultados preliminares de um projeto de pesquisa e extensão realizado em área de reflorestamento no Campus IFRJ, Pinheiral, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This publication aims to disseminate to the scientific community and society in general, the project of the same title of this publication that is under development by the collaboration of the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de
Abreu, Saulo Tavares   +12 more
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Apex predators can structure ecosystems through trophic cascades: Linking the frugivorous behaviour and seed dispersal patterns of mesocarnivores

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 1407-1419, June 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Current global change scenarios demand knowledge on how anthropogenic impacts affect ecosystem functioning through changes in food web structure. Frugivorous mesocarnivores are a key link in trophic cascades because, while their abundance and behaviour are usually ...
Tamara Burgos   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zoologia aplicada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
XXXII Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Foz do Iguaçu, 2018. Tema: Desafios e perspectivas para a Zoologia na América LatinaCaderno de Resumos de Trabalhos da Área temática Zoologia aplicada, do XXXII Congresso Brasileiro de ZoologiaSociedade Brasileira ...

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Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): frugivoria por aves em remanescente de cerrado do Centro-Oeste brasileiro

open access: yesSITIENTIBUS série Ciências Biológicas, 2013
Fruits are important food resources for frugivorous birds and also for insectivores and omnivores. In this paper, we describe the fruit phenology, seed frugivory and potential dispersers of Matayba guianensis by birds in an urban savanna area in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, from October 2007 to September 2008 and January 2009.
Arly Porto De Oliveira   +2 more
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Frugivoría y remoción de frutos ornitócoros en fragmentos del bosque chaqueño de Córdoba (Argentina)

open access: yes, 2012
Fil: Ponce, Analia Melisa. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Cordoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal.
Ana Ponce   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interação entre Avifauna e Euterpe edulis Mart. (Arecaceae) na Mata Atlântica do Sul do Brasil

open access: yesFronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, 2018
Considerando à importância da interação entre Euterpe edulis Mart. e aves frugívoras, este estudo buscou compreender a situação da caça e das interações ecológicas da avifauna com a espécie.
Alexandra Rocha Vinholes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dieta de morcegos frugívoros em remanescente de Cerrado em Bandeirantes, Mato Grosso do Sul

open access: yesBiotemas, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2014v27n2p129 A frugivoria é difundida entre mamíferos e aves, que consomem mais de 75% das espécies de frutos de árvores tropicais.
Mariana Veiga Martins   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Germinação de sementes de Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Cecropiaceae) em padrões anteriores e posteriores à passagem pelo trato digestório de aves dispersoras de sementes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
O objetivo neste experimento foi avaliar a germinação natural de sementes de C. pachystachya e comparar à germinação de sementes que passaram pelo trato digestório de aves dispersoras de sementes.
BOCCHESE, R. A.   +2 more
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