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Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2006 A importância dos frutos de Lauraceae tem sido relatada na dieta de muitas aves, principalmente das famílias Ramphastidae, Cotingidae e Trogonidae.
Marilise M. Krügel +2 more
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Journal of Pollination EcologyEnglish ivy (Hedera helix) is an important resource for wildlife in rural and urban ecosystems. It provides pollen and nectar for flower-visiting insects during autumn and fruits for frugivores during winter and spring.
Miranda Lam, Imogen Ryan, Lynn Dicks
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On the relationship among birds and Trema micrantha in montane forests of Hispaniola
Novitates Caribaea, 2018 Avian frugivores are of great interest to ecologists because they play an important role in ecosystem functioning, and can serve as important components in habitat restoration.
Steven C. Latta
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Impact of forest management regimes on ligneous regeneration in the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso [PDF]
, 2007 Annual early fire, selective tree cutting and grazing exclusion are currently used to manage the State forests of the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Such prescriptions, however, are not based on experimental evidence.
Zida, Didier
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe objectives of this study were to know and to characterize the behavioural patterns of frugivorous birds in Lacistema hasslerianum. The study was carried out in the Panga Ecological Station (Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State).
C. Melo, PE. Oliveira
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The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis).
Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2000 In this paper, I discuss recent evidence concerning the adaptive significance of secondary metabolites in ripe fleshy fruits, and implications for seed dispersal by birds and other vertebrates.
MARTIN L. CIPOLLINI
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DiversityMining is an indispensable activity that threatens biodiversity globally. However, assessments of key ecological processes for the maintenance of plants threatened by mining, such as the effectiveness of frugivory and seed dispersal, are almost non ...
Ana María Humaña, Carlos E. Valdivia
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Trait evolution within frugivory networks
, 2016 Background/Question/Methods Mutualistic frugivory networks are formed by interactions between species which exploit each other for mutual benefit and are crucial components to sustain ecosystem function and services, foster biodiversity and affect community stability.
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Demographic limitation processes [PDF]
, 2004 20 páginas, 2 figuras, 1 tabla, 3 cuadros.-- Editor: Valladares, F.[ES]: Procesos de limitación demográfica. Este capítulo ofrece una revisión de los factores que afectan a la regeneración natural de la vegetación, considerando la serie de etapas ...
Arroyo Marín, Juan +4 more
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