6th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2015)
FSD 2015
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01/27/2012 - New paper on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal in Ecology (ESA)
Neighborhood effects on seed dispersal by frugivores: testing theory with a mistletoe-marsupial system in Patagonia by, , , .[doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0935.1]
01/24/2012 - Genetic Structures of a Neotropical Rodent-Dispersed Palm Species
Consequences of frugivore-mediated seed dispersal for the spatial and genetic structures of a neotropical palm (pages 1019–1031) by J. CHOO, T. E. JUENGER and B. B. SIMPSON. Molecular Ecology. Volume 21 (4) 779-1031, February 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05425.x
"Spatial and genetic structures between adults and seedlings were consistent with localized and short-distance seed dispersal. [...] Seedlings were also spatially aggregated with juveniles. These patterns are probably associated with the dispersal of seeds by rodents and the survival of recruits at specific microsites or neighbourhoods over successive fruiting periods."
01/24/2012 - Diet of Spider Monkeys in Fragmented Forests in Mexico
Differences in Diet Between Spider Monkey Groups Living in Forest Fragments and Continuous Forest in Mexico by Óscar M. Chaves, Kathryn E. Stoner and Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez. Biotropica 44 (1): 105--113.
- "Our findings suggest that monkeys are able to adjust their diet to food availability in fragments, and thus persist in small- and medium-sized fragments. Although it is unlikely that the small size of two of the three study fragments (14 and 31 ha) can maintain viable populations of monkeys in the long term.."
01/24/2012 - Long-Distance Seed Dispersal To and Between Ooceanic Islands
Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islands by Manuel Nogales, Ruben Heleno, Anna Traveset and Pablo Vargas
Article first published online: 17 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04051.x
01/24/2012 - Frugivory in Brazilian Araucaria Forests
Spatial and phylogenetic structure drive frugivory in Tyrannidae birds across the range of Brazilian Araucaria forests by Brum, F. T., Kindel, A., Hartz, S. M. & Duarte, L. D. S. (2012) Oikos. Article first published online: 23 JAN 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19978.x
- "Our results showed that the influence of environment on frugivory by Tyrannidae birds was indirect via spatial and phylogenetic structure, that zoochory was not an important factor determining frugivory and that phylogenetic niche conservatism in feeding habits plays a role in determining the structure of Tyrannidae bird communities in Brazilian Araucaria forests."
01/24/2012 - Plant-Frugivores Network in Fragmented Tropical Forest
Plant–frugivore networks are less specialized and more robust at forest–farmland edges than in the interior of a tropical forest by Menke, S., Böhning-Gaese, K. & Schleuning, M. (2012). Oikos. Article first published online: 23 JAN 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20210.x
"Our findings suggest that forest-visiting birds may stabilize seed-dispersal services for small-fruited plant species at rain forest margins, while seed-dispersal services for large-fruited plant species may be disrupted at forest edges due to the decrease of large-bodied frugviores."