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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-related traits promote speciation of tropical palms [PDF]

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017
Animal-mediated seed dispersal by frugivorous birds and mammals is central to the ecology and functioning of ecosystems, but whether and how frugivory-related traits have affected plant speciation remains little explored. Fruit size is directly linked to plant dispersal capacity and therefore influences gene flow and genetic divergence of plant ...
Onstein, Renske, Baker, William, Couvreur, Thomas, Faurby, Søren, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Kissling, W. Daniel   +5 more
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Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Human attraction to alcohol may derive from an evolutionary association between ethanol and fruits consumed by animals in nature. Fermentative yeasts are widespread in the terrestrial biosphere, and simple carbohydrates underpinning ethanol production are commonplace within fruits.
Maro A, Sandel AA, Blaiore BZA, Wittig RM, Mitani JC, Dudley R.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the Ecological and Phenological Predictors of Fruit Consumption by Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) [PDF]

, 2014
Understanding the ecological interactions between plant reproductive strategies and frugivore feeding behavior can offer insight into the maintenance of tropical forest biodiversity.
Beaudrot, Lydia, Clink, Dena J., Dillis, Christopher, Feilen, Katie L., Marshall, Andrew J., Wittmer, Heiko U.   +5 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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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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Selective Pod Abortion by \u3ci\u3eBaptista Leucantha\u3c/i\u3e (Fabaceae) as Affected by a Curculionid Seed Predator, \u3ci\u3eApion Rostrum\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera) [PDF]

, 2017
The effect of a seed predator, Apion rostrum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), on selective pod abortion from Baptisia leucantha (Fabaceae) was investigated in a restored tallgrass prairie plot.
Petersen, Chris E, Sleboda, Jo Ann
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Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz, Maja Mielke, Stephan Handschuh, Anthony Herrel, Patrick Lemell, Léa Da Cunha, Nicolai Konow   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source