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Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem primates [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
Plesiadapiform mammals, as stem primates, are key to understanding the evolutionary and ecological origins of Pan-Primates and Euarchonta. The Purgatoriidae, as the geologically oldest and most primitive known plesiadapiforms and one of the oldest known ...
Gregory P. Wilson Mantilla, Stephen G. B. Chester, William A. Clemens, Jason R. Moore, Courtney J. Sprain, Brody T. Hovatter, William S. Mitchell, Wade W. Mans, Roland Mundil, Paul R. Renne   +9 more
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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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Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna; Linnaeus, 1758) and its novel and major food, Terminalia catappa L. seeds, in an urban area in Central Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Blue-and-yellow Macaws in Três Lagoas City (State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) have utilized Terminalia catappa seeds increasingly, after rarely eating this resource fifteen years ago.
J. Ragusa-Netto
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Seasonal and Interspecific Variation in Frugivory by a Mixed Resident-Migrant Overwintering Songbird Community

Diversity, 2021
Many temperate passerine bird species switch from diets of mostly invertebrates in the spring and summer to diets that include fruit and seeds in the fall and winter.
Wales A. Carter, Scott F. Pearson, Adam D. Smith, Scott R. McWilliams, Douglas J. Levey   +4 more
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Frugivory and potential of birds as dispersers of Siparuna guianensis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015
Siparuna guianensis is a neotropical tree species, found both on edge and interior of forest fragments, mainly on understory and regeneration areas. The fruit are zoochorous with a sweet aril. This work aims to determine the bird species that eat the fruits of S.
Gonçalves, VF., Silva, AM., Baesse, CQ., Melo, C.   +3 more
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Produção e predação de frutos em Aniba rosaeodora Ducke var. amazonica Ducke (Lauraceae) em sistema de plantio sob floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Central Harvesting and fruit predation of a Aniba rosaeodora Ducke var. amazonica Ducke (Lauraceae) ex situ tree population in a central Amazonian upland forest

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2004
O pau-rosa (Aniba rosaeodora) vem sendo usado desde o século passado para extração de linalol, produto usado como fixador de perfumes. Por causa do extrativismo houve redução drástica em suas populações naturais.
Wilson Roberto Spironello, Paulo de Tarso Barbosa Sampaio, Beatriz Ronchi-Teles   +2 more
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Padrões de interações mutualísticas entre espécies arbóreas e aves frugívoras em uma comunidade de Restinga no Parque Estadual de Itapuã, RS, Brasil Patterns of mutualistic interactions between tree species and frugivorous birds in a restinga community at Itapuã State Park, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2007
Padrões de interação entre aves frugívoras e espécies arbóreas, com suas variações sazonais, foram determinados em uma mata de Restinga. Foram feitas observações visuais e capturas da avifauna, ao longo de um ano, estimando-se a conectância do sistema ...
Adriano Scherer, Fabiana Maraschin-Silva, Luís Rios de Moura Baptista   +2 more
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Linking regional and global functional trait data: insights from mammal communities in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
Accurate functional trait data are essential for understanding ecosystem services and processes in fragmented landscapes. We evaluated whether the global EltonTraits 1.0 database adequately represents the functional structure of mammal communities in forest fragments and restoration sites in a highly fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape.
Maria F. R. Godoi, Fábio Z. Farneda, Alan D. Pereira, Marcos Akira‐ Umeno, Fernanda C. Marques, Marcos Robalinho Lima   +5 more
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What drives seed dispersal effectiveness?

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Seed dispersal is a critical phase in plant reproduction and forest regeneration. In many systems, the vast majority of woody species rely on seed dispersal by fruit‐eating animals.
Omer Nevo, Caitlynn Filla, Kim Valenta, Eugene W. Schupp   +3 more
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Inequalities in intraspecific plant–lemur interactions drive seed dispersal patterns

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biotic interactions occur between individuals and accumulate to shape species‐level interaction structure across a community. Skewed interaction structures, where a few individuals are highly connected and most have few interactions, are increasingly identified at the individual‐level.
Jadelys Tonos, Hasinavalona Rakotoarisoa, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source