Open AccessPrimer registro de la dispersión de frutos de Theobroma speciosum
Author(s) -
Lucinéia Barbosa,
Isadora,
Emil Hernández Ruz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de la academia colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales/revista de la academia colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2382-4980
pISSN - 0370-3908
DOI - 10.18257/raccefyn.891
Subject(s) - theobroma , amazon rainforest , biological dispersal , biology , seed dispersal , geography , ecology , agroforestry , botany , population , demography , sociology
Numerous Amazonian species that produce economically useful fruits have been intensively exploited, which is why wild populations were drastically reduced. Theobroma speciosum is an important species for humans and wildlife because it provides fruits for rodents and primates. This plant species is also of great economical potential because it can serve as a source of genetic variation for related species that are economically exploited as T. cacao. Here we report for the first time the seed dispersal by Sapajus apella, Mico argentatus, and Guerlinguetus aestuans. The information is useful to develop conservation strategies for this wild cocoa in remnant fragments of the forests of the eastern Amazon.