supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30970470);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
Seed handling by primary frugivores can influence secondary dispersal and/or predation of post-dispersal seeds by attracting different guilds of ground-dwelling animals.Many studies have focused on seeds embedded in f...
Foundation items: This study was supported by funding from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (31370452) and the Chinese Academy of Science (KSCX2-EW-Q- 17).ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Shan*Wen SUN from University of Bayreuth for statistical suggestion and helping with the experiment. The manuscript was improved by comments from Ming-Xia ZHANG (Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden), Charlotte CHANG (Princeton University) and Eben GOODALE (Guangxi University),
The dispersal of many plants depends on transportation by birds as seed dispersers. The birds play an important role in long distance seed dispersal and may also affect seed germination. However, for plants who have m...
This study and the preparation of the paper were supported by the UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN and by the Zoological Society of London.
During a mast-fruiting event we investigated spatial variability in fruit availability,consumption,and seed removal at two sympatric tree species,Manilkara bidentata and M.huberi(Sapotaceae)at Nouragues Natural Reserv...
The finding that some seed-inhabiting insects can survive passage through the entire digestive tract of seed-dispersing vertebrates is relatively recent,but evidence suggests that it does occur.Here,I document this ph...