Potential consequences of extinction of frugivorous birds for shrubs of a tropical wet forest.

2009 ◽  
pp. 397-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Loiselle ◽  
J. G. Blake
Keyword(s):  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Tropical Wet Forest

Observations on fruit handling techniques of frugivorous birds in Chittagong, Bangladesh

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2690-2692
Author(s):  
M. Kamruzzaman ◽  
Ghazi S.M. Asmat ◽  
Qamar Banu
Keyword(s):  
Frugivorous Birds

Seed rain in cocoa agroforests is induced by effects of forest loss on frugivorous birds and management intensity

2021 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
pp. 107380
Author(s):  
Ilana Araújo-Santos ◽  
José Carlos Morante-Filho ◽  
Sérgio Oliveira ◽  
Júlia Perez Cabral ◽  
Larissa Rocha-Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Rain ◽  
Forest Loss ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Management Intensity

Fruits foraging patterns and seed dispersal effect of frugivorous birds on Hippophae rhamnoides sinensis

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianwen Lu ◽  
Kun Sun ◽  
Ruijun Ma ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Xue Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Hippophae Rhamnoides ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Foraging Patterns ◽  
Hippophaë Rhamnoides

scholarly journals Aboveground Biomass Accumulation in a Tropical Wet Forest in Nicaragua Following a Catastrophic Hurricane Disturbance1

Biotropica ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Mascaro ◽  
Ivette Perfecto ◽  
Oton Barros ◽  
Douglas H. Boucher ◽  
Inigo Granzow de la Cerda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Tropical Wet Forest

Nitrogen Immobilization by Decomposing Woody Debris and the Recovery of Tropical Wet Forest from Hurricane Damage

Oikos ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Zimmerman ◽  
W. M. Pulliam ◽  
D. J. Lodge ◽  
V. Quiñones-Orfila ◽  
N. Fetcher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Woody Debris ◽  
Nitrogen Immobilization ◽  
Hurricane Damage ◽  
Tropical Wet Forest

Composition and clumping of seeds deposited by frugivorous birds varies between forest microsites

Oikos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro G. Blendinger ◽  
John G. Blake ◽  
Bette A. Loiselle
Keyword(s):  
Frugivorous Birds

scholarly journals Fruiting phenology and consumption by birds in Ficus calyptroceras (Miq.) Miq. (Moraceae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. RAGUSA-NETTO
Keyword(s):  
Food Resource ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Fruiting Phenology ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Seed Dispersers ◽  
Wet And Dry Seasons

Figs are a remarkable food resource to frugivores, mainly in periods of general fruit scarcity. Ficus calyptroceras Miq. (Moraceae) is the only fig species in a type of dry forest in western Brazil. In this study I examined the fruiting pattern as well as fig consumption by birds in F. calyptroceras. Although rainfall was highly seasonal, fruiting was aseasonal, since the monthly proportion of fruiting trees ranged from 4% to 14% (N = 50 trees). I recorded 22 bird species feeding on figs. In the wet season 20 bird species ate figs, while in the dry season 13 did. Parrots were the most important consumers. This group removed 72% and 40% of the figs consumed in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. No bird species increases fig consumption from dry to wet season. However, a group of bird species assumed as seed dispersers largely increases fig consumption from wet to dry season, suggesting the importance of this resource in the period of fruit scarcity. The results of this study points out the remarkable role that F. calyptroceras plays to frugivorous birds, in such a dry forest, since its fruits were widely consumed and were available all year round.

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