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Fruit‐quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal is a fundamental ecological process influencing the evolution of plant life‐history strategies. In fleshy‐fruited plants dispersed by mutualistic frugivores, variation in fruit traits among closely related species may shape the temporal and spatial dynamics of dispersal events critical to population success.
João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Assessment in the Andean Tropical Fruits <i>Solanum quitoense</i> Lam. and <i>S. betaceum</i> Cav.: Efforts Towards a Molecular Breeding Approach. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Morillo E, Buitron J, Yanez D, Mournet P, Vásquez-Castillo W, Viteri P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Habitat loss reshuffles ecological and evolutionary interactions in a seed dispersal network

Oikos, EarlyView.
In tropical forests, habitat loss reshapes species composition, favoring generalists and recently emerged lineages while specialists and older evolutionary lineages are lost. However, how changes in species ecological attributes and evolutionary history affect ecological processes is poorly explored.
Fernando César Gonçalves Bonfim, Mauro Galetti, Elaine Rios, Cynthia Oliveira, Milena Gama, Ketlen Bona, Geanne Carla Novais‐ Pereira, Thiago de Castro Ribeiro, Eliana Cazetta   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Volumes 1 & 2

, 2002
No Full ...
Drew, Roderick
core  

Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo, Paulo H. A. Camargo, Ana C. Crestani, Tobias N. Rojas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropical fruits as a potential source for the recovery of bioactive compounds: Tamarindus indica L., Annona muricata, Psidium guajava and Mangifera indica. [PDF]

J Food Sci Technol
Toscano Oviedo MA, García Zapateiro LA, Quintana SE.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Compositional and Functional Attributes of Commercial Flours from Tropical Fruits (Breadfruit and Banana). [PDF]

Foods, 2019
Huang S, Martinez MM, Bohrer BM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Research on Tropical Fruits: Proposal for an International Tropical Fruits Centre in Asia (Thailand)

, 1973
Note describing a gap in prevailing international research devoted to tropical fruits and vegetables, considering the importance of these foods to the diets of people in developing countries, arguing for an IARC to redress the topic.
Long, Boon, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   +1 more
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Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
As habitats change, the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal increasingly depends on animal responses to altered structure and resources. With habitat loss and degradation accelerating across the tropics, understanding how dispersers' foraging behavior and movement influence seed removal and deposition is critical to promoting forest ...
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source