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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal

2021
Consumption of fleshy fruits by frugivorous animals, which then disperse the seeds inside, is a key ecological process, particularly in forests. Fruit is an easy food to consume but is nutritionally dilute so specialist frugivores need adaptations for efficient location, harvest, and digestion.
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Colour vision as an adaptation to frugivory in primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1996
Most mammals possess two classes of cone, sensitive to short and to long wavelengths of light, but Old World primates (Catarrhini) have distinct medium and long wavelength sensitive classes. The sensitivities of these cones photopigments are alike in all catarrhines with peaks at about 440 nm (‘blue’), 533 nm (‘green’) and 565 nm (‘red’).
D, Osorio, M, Vorobyev
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Tree Swallow Frugivory in Winter

Southeastern Naturalist, 2015
Abstract - This study assesses, through the first systematic field observations of winter foraging of Tachycineta bicolor (Tree Swallow), whether swallow foraging on the fruits of Morella cerifera (Southern Wax Myrtle) is correlated to air temperature. We observed Tree Swallows in central Florida for 53 days between 3 November 2011 and 14 January 2012.
Natalia C. Piland, David W. Winkler
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The global distribution of frugivory in birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2009
ABSTRACTAim  To examine patterns of avian frugivory across clades, geography and environments.Location  Global, including all six major biogeographical realms (Afrotropics, Australasia, Indo‐Malaya, Nearctic, Neotropics and Palaearctic).Methods  First, we examine the taxonomic distribution of avian frugivory within orders and families.
W. Daniel Kissling, Katrin Böhning–Gaese, Walter Jetz   +2 more
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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 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 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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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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