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Impact of forest management regimes on ligneous regeneration in the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2007
Annual early fire, selective tree cutting and grazing exclusion are currently used to manage the State forests of the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Such prescriptions, however, are not based on experimental evidence.
Zida, Didier
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Ecology and co-existence of two endemic day gecko (Phelsuma) species in Seychelles native palm forest [PDF]

, 2011
In island ecosystems, reptiles play diverse ecological roles as a result of niche broadening, which increases potential niche overlap between species. Ecological niche partitioning is a means of reducing direct competition between coexisting species and ...
Bassett, Crawford, Edwards, Fleischmann, Gerlach, Hansen, Hansen, Harmon, Kaiser-Bunbury, Kier, Losos, MacArthur, Myers, Olesen, Pianka, Procter, Procter, Proctor, Radtkey, Raxworthy, Rocha, Rodda, Savage, Schoener, Schoener, Thorpe, Vesey-Fitzgerald, Watson, Whitaker, Whittaker, Williams   +30 more
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Frugivore Declines Across Taxa Affect Forest Biomass

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2026.
We examined how frugivore declines affect aboveground biomass in 260 1‐ha forest plots across Gabon using imputed frugivory networks between 122 frugivores and 99,349 trees. Simulated frugivore declines across Gabon tended to reduce aboveground biomass, with effects varying by taxon and geography.
Camille M. M. DeSisto, Jennifer Kampe, Alfred Ngomanda, Donald Midoko Iponga, David B. Dunson, Ankita Gupta, Charles L. Nunn, Halina Malinowski, John R. Poulsen   +8 more
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Factors influencing home range size and overlap in nonbreeding Kirtland’s Warblers on Eleuthera, The Bahamas

Avian Conservation and Ecology
Knowledge of space use provides insight into a species’ habitat requirements needed for conservation. Little is known about space use of the near threatened Kirtland’s Warbler ( Setophaga kirtlandii ) wintering in The Bahamas, and how the warbler’s home ...
Joseph M Wunderle, Jr., Michael E. Akresh, Dave Currie, Javier E. Mercado, Eileen H. Helmer, David N Ewert   +5 more
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Habitat Loss Shapes Isotopic Niche Responses of a Didelphid Opossum to Fragmentation in Neotropical Semideciduous Dry Forests of Central Brazil

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
Stable isotope analysis indicates that fragmentation and habitat loss in semideciduous dry forests in the Brazilian Cerrado drive trophic niche shifts in Gracilinanus agilis, with potential consequences for its role as a seed disperser. ABSTRACT Habitat loss and fragmentation have notable effects on species' trophic ecology, often most pronounced in ...
Ingrid de Mattos, Juliana Fernandes Ribeiro, Bárbara Zimbres, Gabriela Nardoto, Jader Marinho‐Filho   +4 more
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Pollinator dependence and pollination deficit in Hedera helix, and effects on frugivore feeding choices

Journal of Pollination Ecology
English ivy (Hedera helix) is an important resource for wildlife in rural and urban ecosystems. It provides pollen and nectar for flower-visiting insects during autumn and fruits for frugivores during winter and spring.
Miranda Lam, Imogen Ryan, Lynn Dicks
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Connecting Resource Tracking by Frugivores to Temporal Variation in Seed Dispersal Networks

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2017
Mutualistic interactions between species are crucial for the maintenance and functioning of the community. Current research has shown the importance of not only understanding the structure of these mutualistic interaction networks but also their temporal
Jason M. Gleditsch, Amy M. Hruska, Jeffrey T. Foster   +2 more
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The scaling of seed‐dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Natural ecosystems are characterized by a specialization pattern where few species are common while many others are rare. In ecological networks involving biotic interactions, specialization operates as a continuum at individual, species, and community levels. Theory predicts that ecological and evolutionary factors can primarily explain specialization.
Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Pedro Luna, Wesley Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos   +3 more
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Frugivory in Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat (Lacistemaceae), a gallery forest understory treelet in Central Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The objectives of this study were to know and to characterize the behavioural patterns of frugivorous birds in Lacistema hasslerianum. The study was carried out in the Panga Ecological Station (Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State).
C. Melo, PE. Oliveira
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Self-organization, scaling and collapse in a coupled automaton model of foragers and vegetation resources with seed dispersal

, 2009
We introduce a model of traveling agents ({\it e.g.} frugivorous animals) who feed on randomly located vegetation patches and disperse their seeds, thus modifying the spatial distribution of resources in the long term.
Boyer D, Clark C J, D Boyer, Jordano P, O López-Corona, Oshanin G, Stephens D W, Turchin P   +7 more
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