Seed dispersal and frugivory : ecology, evolution and conservation /

• Corporate Author: International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Seeds > Congresses. > Dispersal; Frugivores > Congresses. > Ecology; Frugivores > Congresses. > Evolution; Mutualism (Biology) > Congresses.; Coevolution > Congresses.; Animal-plant relationships > Congresses.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Biological Resources (Plant); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Animal ecology.; Behaviour.; Biodiversity.; Feeding behaviour.; Forest ecology.; Forests.; Nature conservation.; Plant communities.; Plant ecology.; Resource management.; Seed dispersal.; Electronic books.
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This book provides information on the historical and theoretical perspectives of biodiversity and ecology in tropical forests, plant and animal behaviour towards seed dispersal and plant-animal interactions within forest communities, consequences of seed dispersal, and conservation, biodiversity and...

Table of Contents:

• Maintenance of Tree Diversity in Tropical Forests / J. Terborgh, N. Pitman, M. Silman, H. Schichter and P. Núñez V.
• Dissemination Limitation and the Origin and Maintenance of Species-rich Tropical Forests / E.W. Schupp, T. Milleron and S.E. Russo
• Assessing Recruitment Limitation : Concepts, Methods and Case-studies from a Tropical Forest / H.C. Muller-Landau, S.J. Wright, O. Calderón, S.P. Hubbell and R.B. Foster
• Have Frugivores Influenced the Evolution of Fruit Traits in New Zealand? / J.M. Lord, A.S. Markey and J. Marshall
• Mechanistic Models for Tree Seed Dispersal by Wind in Dense Forests and Open Landscapes / R. Nathan, H.S. Horn, J. Chave and S.A. Levin
• The Role of Vertebrates in the Diversification of New World Mistletoes / C. Restrepo, S. Sargent, D.J. Levey and D.M. Watson
• Mistletoes as Parasites and Seed-dispersing Birds as Disease Vectors : Current Understanding, Challenges and Opportunities / J.E. Aukema and C. Martínez del Rio
• Secondary Metabolites of Ripe Fleshy Fruits : Ecology and Phylogeny in the Genus Solanum / M.L. Cipollini, L.A. Bohs, K. Mink, E. Paulk and K. Böhning-Gaese
• The Seed-dispersers and Fruit Syndromes of Myrtaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest / M.A. Pizo
• Are Plant Species that Need Gaps for Recruitment More Attractive to Seed-dispersing Birds and Ants than Other Species? / C.C. Horvitz, M.A. Pizo, B. Bello y Bello, J. LeCorff and R. Dirzo
• The Role of Fruit Traits in Determining Fruit Removal in East Mediterranean Ecosystems / I. Izhaki
• Seed Dispersal of Mimetic Fruits : Parasitism, Mutualism, Aposematism or Exaptation? / M. Galetti
• Secondary Dispersal of Jeffrey Pine Seeds by Rodent Scatter-hoarders : the Roles of Pilfering, Recaching and a Variable Environment / S.B. Vander Wall
• The Role of Seed Size in Dispersal by a Scatter-hoarding Rodent / P.A. Jansen, M. Bartholomeus, F. Bongers, J.A. Elzinga, J. Den Ouden and S.E. Van Wieren
• Mast Seeding and Predator-mediated Indirect Interactions in a Forest Community : Evidence from Post-dispersal Fate of Rodent-generated Caches / K. Hoshizaki and P.E. Hulme
• Seasonality of Fruiting and Food Hoarding by Rodents in Neotropical Forests : Consequences for Seed Dispersal and Seedling Recruitment / P.-M. Forget, D.S. Hammond, T. Milleron and R. Thomas
• Seed-eaters : Seed Dispersal, Destruction and Demography / P.E. Hulme
• Plant-Animal Coevolution : Is it Thwarted by Spatial and Temporal Variation in Animal Foraging? / C.A. Chapman and L.J. Chapman
• The Frugivorous Diet of the Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, in Brazil : Ecology and Conservation / J.C. Motta-Junior and K. Martins
• Frugivore-generated Seed Shadows : a Landscape View of Demographic and Genetic Effects / P. Jordano and J.A. Godoy
• Contributions of Seed Dispersal and Demography to Recruitment Limitation in a Costa Rican Cloud Forest / K.G. Murray and J.M. Garcia-C.
• A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Gut Treatment on Seed Germination / A. Traveset and M. Verdú
• Effectiveness of Seed Dispersal by Cercopithecus Monkeys : Implications for Seed Input into Degraded Areas / B.A. Kaplin and J.E. Lambert
• Exploring the Link between Animal Frugivory and Plant Strategies : the Case of Primate Fruit Processing and Post-dispersal Seed Fate / J.E. Lambert
• Extinct Pigeons and Declining Bat Populations : Are Large Seeds Still being Dispersed in the Tropical Pacific? / K.R. McConkey and D.R. Drake
• Potential Consequences of Extinction of Frugivorous Birds for Shrubs of a Tropical Wet Forest / B.A. Loiselle and J.G. Blake
• Primate Frugivory in Two Species-rich Neotropical Forests : Implications for the Demography of Large-seeded Plants in Overhunted Areas / C.A. Peres and M. van Roosmalen
• Patterns of Fruit-Frugivore Interactions in Two Atlantic Forest Bird Communities of South-eastern Brazil : Implications for Conservation / W.R. Silva, P. De Marco Jr, É. Hasui and V.S.M. Gomes
• Limitations of Animal Seed Dispersal for Enhancing Forest Succession on Degraded Lands / R.S. Duncan and C.A. Chapman
• Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Degraded Tropical East Asian Landscapes / R.T. Corlett
• Behavioural and Ecological Considerations for Managing Bird Damage to Cultivated Fruit / M.L. Avery
• Harvest and Management of Forest Fruits by Humans : Implications for Fruit-Frugivore Interactions / S.M. Moegenburg.