Frugivory and seed dispersal:integrating patterns, mechanisms and consequences of a key animal-plant interaction  

作　　者：Tomás A.CARLO Ahimsa CAMPOS-ARCEIZ Michael A.STEELE Wenhua XIONG 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biology,The Pennsylvania State University,USA [2]School of Geography,The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus,Malaysia [3]Department of Biology,Wilkes University,USA [4]Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,China

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2011年第3期165-167,共3页整合动物学（英文版）

摘　　要：The study of frugivory and seed dispersal is both excit-ing and challenging because it integrates research from multiple biological disciplines,including zoology,botany,physiology,behavioral ecology,evolution,conservation,and population and community ecology.At the center of these investigations is one of the most important mutual-istic relationships hypothesized to organize and maintain diversity in terrestrial ecosystems:the movement of plant seeds by fruit and seed-eating animals(Bascompte&Jordano 2007).Although recent studies on the seed dis-persal process have advanced the breadth and depth of our understanding of this keystone interaction,many ques-tions are still unanswered.A clear synthesis and theoreti-cal framework for integrating what we do know also re-mains elusive.Moreover,the imperative to better under-stand the movement of organisms in the face of human-induced global changes has sparked an additional need for seed dispersal studies(Wang&Smith 2002;Bullock&Nathan 2008;Nathan et al.2008).

关 键 词：integrating INTERACTION consequences 

分 类 号：O62[理学—有机化学]