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Plant food resources exploited by Blue-and-Yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna, Linnaeus 1758) at an urban area in Central Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
In this study, we described the food plants available to Blue-and-Yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna), its feeding habits and the relationship between these parameters with feeding niche breadth.
AA. Santos, J. Ragusa-Netto
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Effect of tree size attributes on fruit production and animal-mediated seed dispersal web in Melia azedarach L. (Chinaberry) in north-west Himalaya, India

Folia Oecologica
Insights into the relationships between tree species and their potential seed dispersers in a specific region are vital for determining spatial distribution and population dynamics that rely solely on natural regeneration. Several factors influence fruit
Sukumaran Arun, Sasidharan Sarath, Khanduri Vinod Prasad, Suraj, Rawat Shweta, Chand Vaisakhy Prem   +5 more
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Abundance of the bat Sturnira lilium (Phyllostomidae) in relation Solanum mauritianum (Solanaceae) diaspores in an Atlantic Forest fragment of southern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Frugivore bats are important seed dispersers in forests and their abundance are associated with the presence of zoochoric plants. In this context, the aim of our study was to investigate the association of the frugivore bat S.
DENYELLE HENNAYRA CORÁ, FERNANDA W. OLIVEIRA, LUAN MARCOS V. LAZZAROTTO, DAVID L. BIASSI, RONEI BALDISSERA, ADRIANO D. DE OLIVEIRA, DANIEL GALIANO   +6 more
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Knowledge of dwellers about frugivory by birds in an urbanized region with restinga fragments in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Biotemas, 2009
Ecological knowledge can be important to reveal in raising the awareness of people which becomes reflected in action on their local environment. This study evaluated the knowledge of dwellers about frugivory by birds in restinga fragments, an ecosystem ...
César Cestari
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Individual Specialization of Frugivorous Birds Within a Plant–Frugivore Community: A Network Approach

Birds
Network approaches are commonly used to study mutualistic interactions between frugivorous birds and plants at the community level. However, most fruit–bird networks aggregate individual data and rely on species-level traits, often overlooking ...
Aarón González-Castro, Carla Luis-Sánchez   +1 more
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Taxa e velocidade de germinação de sementes de Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Cecropiaceae) ingeridas por Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) = Germination rate and velocity of seeds of Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Cecropiaceae) eaten by Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2007
O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar se o morcego frugívoro Artibeus lituratus pode ser considerado indutor na germinação de sementes de Cecropia pachystachya, sendo avaliadas a taxa e a velocidade de germinação das sementes em diferentes condições ...
Ricardo Anghinoni Bocchese, Ademir Kleber Morbeck de Oliveira, Eliane Cristine Vicente   +2 more
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Color and odor of artificial fruit used to signal potential dispersers in the Atlantic forest in Brazil

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Fruit color and odor are the main features regulating the rate of fruit predation and dispersal. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of odor and color on fruit predators and dispersers.
Aliny Oliveira Barcelos, Clayton Perônico, Frederico Jacob Eutrópio   +2 more
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Frugivory and dispersal of Faramea cyanea (Rubiaceae) in Cerrado woody plant formations

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2003
The objective of this study was to observe and compare the community of birds that utilize the tree species Faramea cyanea, in contiguous areas of cerradão and gallery forest, and also to characterize the behavioral patterns of the birds.
Melo C., Bento E. C., Oliveira P. E.
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Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach

Brazilian Journal of Biology
We carried out a seed germination experiment using two thrush species in captivity. We compared the number of germinated seeds and germination time of control seeds (manually removed from fruits) and ingested seeds of Miconia prasina by two bird species,
MAS. Alves, PD. Ritter, RD. Antonini, EM. Almeida   +3 more
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Dental topography and diet in marsupials and comparisons with primates. [PDF]

J Mamm Evol
de Vries D, Gao A, Croft DA, Brown G, Burkart N, Connell A, Gahan E, Spinks E, Beck RMD.   +8 more
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