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Mammalian Frugivores With Different Foraging Behavior Can Show Similar Seed Dispersal Effectiveness
Author(s) -
McConkey Kim R.,
Brockelman Warren Y.,
Saralamba Chanpen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/btp.12156
Subject(s) - frugivore , foraging , seed dispersal , biology , biological dispersal , trait , ecology , primate , feeding behavior , zoology , habitat , computer science , demography , population , sociology , programming language
Frugivores with disparate foraging behavior are considered to vary in their seed dispersal effectiveness ( SDE ). Measured SDE s 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.