Fruit Consumption and Seed Dispersal of Ziziphus cinnamomum (Rhamnaceae) by Two Sympatric Primates (Cebus apella and Ateles paniscus) in French Guiana

Biotropica ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Yi Zhang ◽  
Li-Xin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Cebus Apella ◽  
Fruit Consumption ◽  
Ateles Paniscus ◽  
Sympatric Primates

Avian fruit consumption and seed dispersal in a temperate Australian woodland

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARGARET C. STANLEY ◽  
ALAN LILL
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Fruit Consumption

Seed-dispersal of Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae) by caviomorph rodents in French Guiana

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Michel Forget
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Scatter Hoarding ◽  
Natural Objects ◽  
Seedling Distribution ◽  
Seed Distribution ◽  
Caviomorph Rodents ◽  
Germinated Seeds

ABSTRACTA possible mutualistic dispersal system between a large-seeded tree of French Guiana, Vouacapoua americana (Caesalpiniaceae), and caviomorph rodents, Myoprocta exilis and Dasyprocta leporina, is described. Mast fruiting of Vouacapoua at the beginning of the wet season coincides with scatter-hoarding seed dispersal. During the wet season, almost 100% of marked seeds on three sites were removed: nearly 70% were buried and the rest were eaten by mammals. Unburied seeds were attacked by insects and/or lost their ability to germinate. Rodents preferred ungerminated seeds, and had no interest in germinated seeds. Seeds were buried individually near natural objects such as palms, branches, logs, lianas, roots and trees. After predation by rodents, seedling distribution did not differ from seed distribution. Most seeds were transported less than 5 m from the feeding plots but some were carried as far as 22.4 m. Between 40 and 85% of dispersed seeds were retrieved during the following month by rodents and eaten. The disinterest of caviomorph rodents in germinated seeds, because of rapid exhaustion of endosperm reserves, prevents feeding from hoarded Vouacapoua during the long dry season when resources are scarce. Seedlings emerging from forgotten or abandoned cached seeds appear to increase the recruitment of Vouacapoua americana.

Fig Fruit Consumption and Seed Dispersal by Artibeus jamaicensis in the Llanos of Venezuela

Biotropica ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter V. August
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Fruit Consumption ◽  
Artibeus Jamaicensis

scholarly journals Fruit consumption and seed dispersal of Caryocar brasilense (Caryocaraceae) by Caracara plancus (Falconidae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. S. Paula ◽  
R. N. Souza ◽  
E. G. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Fruit Consumption

Seed dispersal and vegetation dynamics at a cock-of-the-rock's lek in the tropical forest of French Guiana

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Théry ◽  
Denis Larpin
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
French Guiana

Cecropia as a food resource for bats in French Guiana and the significance of fruit structure in seed dispersal and longevity

2003 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Lobova ◽  
S. A. Mori ◽  
F. Blanchard ◽  
H. Peckham ◽  
P. Charles-Dominique
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Fruit Structure

scholarly journals Following of Brown Capuchin Monkeys by White Hawks in French Guiana

The Condor ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-201
Author(s):  
Shuyi Zhang ◽  
Lixin Wang
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Cebus Apella ◽  
Capuchin Monkeys ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Horizontal Visibility ◽  
Amazonian Forest ◽  
Open Forest ◽  
Arboreal Snakes ◽  
Better Than

Abstract One group of brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) was observed for 19 months in French Guiana. White Hawks (Leucopternis albicollis) were seen in association with these monkeys throughout the year. Our study revealed that: (1) hawks mainly followed capuchins in open forest types, and in this vegetation they mainly flew at the height of 10–20 m from the ground where horizontal visibility is better than in other strata of the forest, (2) hawks usually landed preceding the monkey troop spreading into an area, and they followed the capuchin troop when the monkeys were traveling, and (3) no predation of any capuchins by hawks occurred at any time during our study, and seven times it was observed that hawks captured arboreal snakes disturbed by the movement of capuchins. We propose that White Hawks followed brown capuchins in this Amazonian forest primarily for capturing arboreal snakes disturbed by monkey troop movements.

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