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Local people enhance our understanding of Afrotropical frugivory networks

Current Biology, 2023
Afrotropical forests are undergoing massive change caused by defaunation, i.e., the human-induced decline of animal species,1 most of which are frugivorous species.1,2,3 Frugivores' depletion and their functional disappearance are expected to cascade on tree dispersal and forest structure via interaction networks,4,5,6,7 as the majority of tree species
Durand-Bessart, Clémentine, Akomo-Okoue, Etienne François, Ebang Ella, Ghislain Wilfried, Porcher, Vincent, Bitome Essono, Paul Yannick, Bretagnolle, François, Fontaine, Colin   +6 more
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Bats

2001
Bat communities have been studied at several places in French Guiana. Investigations were initiated on the St Elie road (ECEREX), where they focused on the seed dispersal of pioneer plant species (de Foresta et al. 1984, Charles-Dominique 1986, Brosset et al. 1996), and from there spread to a few other sites. Among them, studies undertaken at Nouragues
Pierre Charles-Dominique, Anya Cockle
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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, Anthony, Vanhooydonck, Beatrijs, Joachim, R., Irschick, D.J.   +3 more
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Frugivory by Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2005
Bombus sonorus Say (Hymenoptera: Apidae) forages for nectar and pollen at a wide variety of flowers of desert plants (Milliron, 1973; Hurd and Linsley, 1975) and, as most bumble bees around the world, is catholic in its floral choices. Although bumble bees may use nutritional sources other than flowers, for example by puddling at damp patches of soil ...
Peter G. Kevan, Stephen L. Buchmann, Kenna E. MacKenzie   +2 more
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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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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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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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Introduction: Frugivory, Phenology, and Rainforest Conservation

2006
Species diversity on Earth is highest in the tropics, and if we are to protect as much of this diversity as possible from human-caused extinction then conserving the tropical rainforests is a top priority (Myers, 1984). In tropical rainforests much of the primary production is passed on to the second trophic level in the form of fruit pulp.
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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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