Constraints on Frugivory by Bears
Ecology, 1997 Bears consuming wild fruits for fall energy accumulation are constrained by several factors, including intake rate, the physiological capacity of the gastrointestinal tract, and the metabolic efficiency of gain in body mass. We measured these relationships through foraging and feeding trials using captive and wild black bears (Ursus americanus) and ...
Welch, Christy A. +3 more
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The role of Macaca spp (primates Cercopithecidae) in seed dispersal networks [PDF]
, 2013 peer ...
Albert, Aurélie +2 more
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Frugivory and seed dispersal by the yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), in a subtropical forest of China [PDF]
, 2008 The yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula, is the only living species of the genus Martes found in subtropical and tropical forests (Harrison et al. 2004). It is distributed throughout central and southern Asia in a wide variety of habitats.
Newman, Chris +4 more
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Local bird traits match fruit traits of two alien plants in urban fruit-frugivore interactions
Ecología Austral, 2023 Bird-mediated seed dispersal enhances invasions of many alien plant species. Typically, this mutualism is composed of a generalist assemblage of frugivorous birds in which morphological trait matching between bird and plant species is often thought to ...
Facundo X. Palacio, Diego Montalti
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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 +9 more
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Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys [PDF]
, 2019 The senses play critical roles in helping animals evaluate foods, including fruits that can change both in colour and scent during ripening to attract frugivores.
Endo, Mizuki +9 more
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Invasive ants disrupt frugivory by endemic island birds [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2009 Biological invasions can alter direct and indirect interactions between species, generating far-reaching changes in ecological networks that affect key ecological functions. We used model and real fruit assays to show that the invasion and formation of high-density supercolonies by the yellow crazy ant (YCA), Anoplolepis ...
Davis, Naomi E. +3 more
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Reconciling natural history and species ecology: Myristica beddomei (Myristicaceae) in the Western Ghats, India. [PDF]
, 2013 Natural history is an important component of any ecological or conservation research. Very often this is not given adequate attention, and observations on the genera or species are often generalized to other, supposedly similar, congeneric species.
Chetana, HC, Ganesh, T
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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 BiologyBlue-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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Functional Redundancy and Complementarities of Seed Dispersal by the Last Neotropical Megafrugivores [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack detailed empirical studies on the roles of functionally similar species in ecosystem function.
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