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Long-term consistency in spatial patterns of primate seed dispersal
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-03-01)
Seed dispersal is a key ecological process in tropical forests, with effects on various levels ranging from plant reproductive success to the carbon storage potential of tropical rainforests. On a local and landscape scale, ...
Partitioning the relative contribution of one-phase and two-phase seed dispersal when evaluating seed dispersal effectiveness
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-02-01)
Seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) is a conceptual framework that aims at quantifying the contribution of seed dispersal vectors to plant fitness. While it is well recognized that diplochorous dispersal systems, characterized ...
Seed Dispersal by Primates and Implications for the Conservation of a Biodiversity Hotspot, the Atlantic Forest of South America
(2016-06-01)
Primates play a fundamental role as seed dispersers, particularly in tropical rainforests. Because defaunation and fragmentation are leading several primate species to local extinction, it is fundamental to understand the ...
Non-redundancy in seed dispersal and germination by native and introduced frugivorous birds: implications of invasive bird impact on native plant communities
(Springer, 2018-12)
Seed dispersal by vertebrate animals is important for the establishment of many fleshy-fruited plant species. Different frugivorous species can provide different seed dispersal services according to their specific dietary ...
Interaction dynamics of avian frugivores and plants in a Chilean Mediterranean shrubland
(Elsevier, 2011)
Studies of plant-frugivore interactions are important for identifying the roles that biotic seed vectors play
in seed dispersal, and ultimately plant recruitment. In a subandean shrubland of central Chile, 50% of
total ...
Generalist birds promote tropical forest regeneration and increase plant diversity via rare-biased seed dispersal
(Ecological Society of America, 2016-07)
Regenerated forests now compose over half of the world's tropical forest cover and are increasingly important as providers of ecosystem services, freshwater, and biodiversity conservation. Much of the value and functionality ...
Functional Redundancy and Complementarities of Seed Dispersal by the Last Neotropical Megafrugivores
(2013-02-07)
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. Large bodied frugivores may ...
Functional Redundancy and Complementarities of Seed Dispersal by the Last Neotropical Megafrugivores
(2013-02-07)
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. Large bodied frugivores may ...