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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Frugivory and seed dispersal by tapirs: an insight on their ecological role
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-03-01)
Tapirs are one of the last extant megafauna species that survived the Pleistocene extinctions. Given their size and digestive system characteristics, tapirs might be the last potential seed disperser of plant species that ...
Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: patterns, processes and prospects
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-05-01)
1. Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems (e.g. lentic versus lotic versus marine) differ ...
Timing of seed dispersal and seed dormancy in Brazilian savanna: Two solutions to face seasonality
(2018-05-11)
Background and Aims The relationship between fruiting phenology and seed dispersal syndrome is widely recognized; however, the interaction of dormancy classes and plant life-history traits in relation to fruiting phenology ...
Seed dispersal effectiveness by frugivorous birds: Identifying functional equivalent species in bird assemblages
(Science Reviews 2000 Ltd, 2019-08)
Seed dispersal by birds is a pivotal ecosystem function worldwide; yet, the rapid and ongoing global biodiversity loss poses a major threat to this essential ecosystem service. Seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) is a key ...