Mammalian Frugivores With Different Foraging Behavior Can Show Similar Seed Dispersal Effectiveness. (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McConkey, Kim R.; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Saralamba, Chanpen
• Is Part Of: Biotropica. Volume 46:Number 6(2014:Nov.)
• Page Start: 647
• Page End: 651
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: Biotic communities -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Applied ecology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Biology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; 577.80913
• DOI: 10.1111/btp.12156
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0006-3606

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="btp12156-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Frugivores with disparate foraging behavior are considered to vary in their seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE). Measured SDEs for gibbons and macaques for a 'primate‐fruit' were comparable despite the different foraging and movement behavior of the primates. This could help facilitate fruit trait convergence in diverse fruit–frugivore networks.</p> </abstract>