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Frugivory by a stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Neotropical Entomology, 2010 Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers. Here we report the occurrence of frugivory in Trigona amazonensis (Ducke), a flower-visiting stingless bee.
Peruquetti, Rui C +3 more
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Frugivory underpins the nitrogen cycle [PDF]
Functional Ecology, 2020 Abstract Tropical rainforests are populated by large frugivores that feed upon fruit‐producing woody species, yet their role in regulating the cycle of globally important biogeochemical elements such as nitrogen is still unknown. This is particularly relevant because tropical forests play a prominent role in the nitrogen cycle and are becoming ...
Nacho Villar +6 more
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Frugivory by Elaenia flycatchers
El Hornero, 1998 This article does not have an abstract.
M. Â. Marini, R. B. Cavalcanti
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Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in tropical and subtropical Asia: An update
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2017 Seed dispersal is a key process in plant communities and frugivory is very important in vertebrate communities. This paper updates a review of frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in the Oriental Region (tropical and subtropical Asia) published in
Richard T. Corlett
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Bird-plant interaction networks: a study on frugivory in Brazilian urban areas
Biotemas, 2015 In Brazil, few studies compare the consumption of native and exotic fruits, especially in an urban environment. The Network Theory may be useful in such studies, because it allows evaluating many bird and plant species involved in interactions. The goals
Diego Silva Freitas Oliveira +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Farming impacts animal-mediated seed dispersal through mechanisms operating on at least two spatial scales. First, at the landscape scale, through habitat loss and land conversion to agriculture/livestock grazing, and second, at the farm scale, via a ...
Pedro J. Rey +9 more
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In a Neotropical Periurban Park, Fruit Consumption by Birds Seems to Be a Random Process
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Frugivory interactions between birds and fruit-bearing plants are shaped by the abundance of its interacting species, their temporal overlap, the matching of their morphologies, as well as fruit and seed characteristics.
Issaac Azrrael Teodosio-Faustino +3 more
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Frugivory by the black-eared opossum Didelphis aurita in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil: Roles of sex, season and sympatric species [PDF]
Biotemas, 2009 Our objective in this study was to examine the frugivory performed by the black-eared opossum, Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826, in an area of the coastal Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, including differences between sexes, seasonal variation ...
Nilton C. Cáceres +3 more
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The ecological footprint of Acca sellowiana domestication maintains the residual vertebrate diversity in threatened highlands of Atlantic Forest. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Past and contemporary human actions are causing numerous changes in patterns and processes at various ecosystem scales and trophic levels, including unintended downstream changes, such as species interactions. In its native range Acca sellowiana (Feijoa)
Juliano André Bogoni +2 more
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An edible fruit from the Jurassic of China
China Geology, 2020 : Frugivory is an important ecological tie between animals and angiosperms. It plays an important role in the evolution of food webs and energy flow networks in the ecosystem. However, little is known about how old this relationship can be due to lack of
Li-jun Chen +3 more
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