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Primary seed dispersal by three Neotropical seed-predating primates (Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary, Chiropotes chiropotes and Chiropotes albinasus)
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Journal Of Tropical Ecology. Cambridge Univ Press, v. 28, n. 543, n. 555, 2012.
0266-4674
WOS:000311403400002
10.1017/S0266467412000600
Autor
Barnett, AA
Boyle, SA
Pinto, LP
Lourenco, WC
Almeida, T
Silva, WS
Ronchi-Teles, B
Bezerra, BM
Ross, C
MacLarnon, A
Spironello, WR
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Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) The Neotropics house two guilds of large arboreal vertebrate seed predators: parrots and the pitheciin primates. Both have diets dominated by immature fruits. The possibility of members of the Pitheciinae (genera Cacajao, Chiropotes and Pithecia) acting as occasional seed dispersers has been mooted, but not experimentally shown. We combined primate behavioural data and seed germination data from three separate field studies in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Para to analyse patterns of post-consumption seed survivorship for seeds discarded by three pitheciin species (Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary, Chiropotes chiropotes and Chiropotes albinasus). We then calculated the frequency of dispersal events for four species eaten by C. m. ouakary. All three primate species dropped intact seeds while feeding, and 30.7% of 674 dropped seeds germinated ex situ. Undamaged seeds from unripe and ripe samples germinated (29.3% and 42.7%, respectively), and all three primate species carried some fruits up to 20 m from the parent tree before consuming them. Potential seed-dispersal events varied from 1 (Macrolobium acaciifolium) per fruiting cycle to more than 6500 (Duroia velutina), suggesting that there are differences in dispersal potential. In summary, although they are highly specialized seed predators, these primates may also act as important dispersers for some plant species, and effective dispersal is not restricted to ripe fruits, as immature fruits removed from a tree may continue to mature and the seeds later germinate, a much-neglected aspect of dispersal ecology. The possibility that similar events occur in parrots should be experimentally investigated. o TEXTO COMPLETO DESTE ARTIGO, ESTARÁ DISPONÍVEL À PARTIR DE AGOSTO DE 2015. 28 6 543 555 American Society of Primatologists Columbus Zoo Conservation Fund LSB Leakey Foundation Leakey Foundation (UK) Linnean Society (Percy Sladen Memorial Fund) Margot Marsh Conservation Foundation MIL Foundation Pittsburgh Zoo Conservation Fund Primate Conservation Inc. Roehampton University Sophie Danforth Fund Wildlife Conservation Society BDFFP Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Arizona State University Fulbright Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Fundacao O Boticario de Protecao a Natureza Primate Action Fund Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) CNPq [BEV]