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Frugivory in Treeshrews (Tupaia)

The American Naturalist, 1991
Four species of treeshrews (Tupaia spp.) studied in the field in Sabah, Malaysia, show intense frugivory concentrated on small, soft, bird-dispersed fruits. Observations of a wild individual and captives of two species show that treeshrews reject indigestible fibers and other parts of fruits before swallowing the pulp.
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Frugivory in polychrotid lizards: effects of body size

Oecologia, 2004
As more data have become available on lizard diets in the past few decades, researchers have stressed the importance of lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers. Whereas large body size has been traditionally put forward as a major biological factor "allowing" herbivory and frugivory in lizards, a recent review of frugivory and seed dispersal by ...
Herrel, A., Vanhooydonck, B., Joachim, R., Irschick, D.J.   +3 more
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Bats

2001
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Dumont, H. J., Werger, M. J. A., Bongers, Frans, Charles-Dominique, Pierre, Forget, Pierre-Michel, Théry, Marc, Charles-Dominique, Pierre, Cockle, Anya   +7 more
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Frugivory and Polygamy in Birds of Paradise

The Auk, 1983
Abstract I studied fruit-feeding by nine species of birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea from July 1978 through November 1980 and gathered 1,187 records of foraging at 31 species of trees and vines from 14 botanical families. Fruit consumed was consistently small-to moderate-sized (mean: 1 cm diameter), but fruit of different species of
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The role of frugivory in the diversification of bats in the Neotropics

Journal of Biogeography, 2012
AbstractAim Ecological interactions are among the most important biotic factors influencing the processes of speciation and extinction. Our aim was to test whether diversification rates of New World Noctilionoidea bats are associated with specialization for frugivory, and how this pattern differs between the mainland and the West Indies.Location The ...
Rojas, Danny, Vale, Ángel, Ferrero, Victoria, Navarro, Luis   +3 more
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Evolutionary Origins of Human Alcoholism in Primate Frugivory

The Quarterly Review of Biology, 2000
Evolutionary origins of alcohol consumption have rarely been considered in studies of ethanol addiction. However, the occurrence of ethanol in ripe and decaying fruit and the substantial heritability of alcoholism in humans suggest an important historical association between primate frugivory and alcohol consumption.
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Frugivory by Wintering Hermit Thrush In Louisiana

Southeastern Naturalist, 2005
We investigated the role of fruit availability in the diet of wintering Catharus guttatus Pallas (Hermit Thrushes) in southeastern Louisiana. Most fecal samples contained fruit and arthropods (N = 126), while few samples contained only arthropods (N = 32). We observed 26 species of fruiting plants at our sites, and found nine in fecal samples.
Cheryl M. Strong, David R. Brown, Philip C. Stouffer   +2 more
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Kinkajous

2001
The kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora, Procyonidae), is one of the most abundant and most active seed dispersers among nocturnal arboreal frugivores in Neotropical forests (Walker and Cant 1977, Bonaccorso et al. 1980, Charles-Dominique et al.
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The relationship between frugivory and insectivory in primates

Primates, 1984
Fruit and insects are two of the major components of primate diets. Previous investigators have often assumed that the consumption of fruit by primates was unassociated with the consumption of insects. We contend that much of what has been termed fruit-eating by primates involves a significant and deliberate ingestion of insects.
Kent H. Redford, Gustavo A. Bouchardet da Fonseca, Thomas E. Lacher   +2 more
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Folivory, frugivory, and postcanine size in the cercopithecoidea revisited

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2011
AbstractAt a given body mass, folivorous colobines have smaller postcanine teeth than frugivorous cercopithecines. This distinction is a notable exception to the general tendency for folivorous primates to have relatively larger postcanine tooth rows than closely related frugivores.
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