Water and fish select for fleshy fruits in tropical wetland forests

Biotropica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Bibiana Correa ◽  
Patricia Carla de Oliveira ◽  
Catia Nunes da Cunha ◽  
Jerry Penha ◽  
Jill T. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Fleshy Fruits ◽  
Wetland Forests

Bactrocera papayae. [Distribution map].

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Fleshy Fruits ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Christmas Island ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Bactrocera papayae Drew & Hancock Diptera: Tephritidae. Attacks a wide range of fleshy fruits and vegetables. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Brunei, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Bali, Flores, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Timor, Malaysia, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, AUSTRALASIA, Australia, Queensland, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea.

scholarly journals The tree species pool of Amazonian wetland forests: Which species can assemble in periodically waterlogged habitats?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. e0198130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Garcia Luize ◽  
José Leonardo Lima Magalhães ◽  
Helder Queiroz ◽  
Maria Aparecida Lopes ◽  
Eduardo Martins Venticinque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Species Pool ◽  
Wetland Forests

Ecology, reproductive biology and hybridization in Gaultheria L.

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Change ◽  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Male Sterile ◽  
Fleshy Fruits

The ecology, reproductive biology and hybridization of species in the genus Gaultheria (Ericaceae) has been investigated with particular reference to those species in Ecuador. Most species were found to be plants of disturbed ground particularly on roadside banks and forest margins. The species in Ecuador were not seen to be visited by potential pollinators although fruit set was high. No animals were seen to eat the fleshy fruits. Male sterile plants of many species from throughout the distribution of the genus were observed indicating a higher level of gynodioecism in the genus than previously thought. Empty anthers in two Ecuadorean species suggests that gynodioecism may be present in many species without any clear morphological change. A hybrid between Gaultheria myrsinoides and G. reticulata has been found in Ecuador.

Fruit biomass and relative abundance of frugivores in a rain forest of southern Western Ghats, India

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ganesh ◽  
Priya Davidar
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
Edaphic Factors ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Fleshy Fruits ◽  
Sclerophyll Forest ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Avian Frugivores

Fruit biomass and frugivore abundance were quantified over 3 y in a rain forest of the south Western Ghats, India. Fruit biomass was estimated by sampling fruit fall in the primary forest, and frugivore abundance by a 2.5-km transect. A total of 645 kg ha−1 of fruit was produced annually in the forest. Only 49% of this is edible to the frugivores and the remaining 51% is in the form of non-edible husks. Mammalian frugivores outnumbered avian frugivores and the majority of the mammals were seed predators. The total fruit biomass produced at Kakachi is lower than in the lowland forest and mountain forests in the neotropics but higher than in the wet sclerophyll forest of Australia. Lower diversity of trees and edaphic factors at Kakachi could be some of the reasons for these differences. On the other hand, paucity of fleshy fruits, low density of trees producing fleshy fruits and irregular fruiting of these species, account for the low number of obligate avian frugivores at Kakachi.

scholarly journals Pre-dispersal seed removal of fleshy fruits and Quercus coccifera (Fagaceae) acorns in a recently burned Mediterranean habitat

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Gabriela Jones ◽  
Josep M. Bas ◽  
Pere Pons
Keyword(s):  
Burned Area ◽  
Seed Removal ◽  
Seed Fate ◽  
Plant Composition ◽  
Quercus Coccifera ◽  
Fleshy Fruits ◽  
Mediterranean Habitats ◽  
Mediterranean Habitat ◽  
Acorn Removal

The seed fate in early successional habitats can determine plant composition and regeneration capacity after disturbance. Predispersalseed removal has been poorly studied in Mediterranean habitats, especially in burned and logged habitats. We assessed it for two years in pine forests with experiments excluding vertebrates from fleshy fruits (infructescences of Smilax aspera and Rubia peregrina) and acorns (branches of Quercus coccifera). We compared one unburned and one burned area (control). Acorn removal was nil in the burned area while in the unburned habitat seed removal occurred from the beginning of the experiments. It is suggested that the greater vegetation cover in the unburned area shelter rodents from predators and increased their activity. In contrast, reduced cover in the burned area and the occurrence of gnawed acorns on the ground suggest acorn removalby rodents mainly in the post-dispersive stage. Smilax aspera seed removal was slower, and total loss of fruits due to senescence higher,in the burned area. Seed removal appears to be conditioned by interannualvariations related to the activity and density of granivores and frugivores, the availability of fleshy fruits, and the maturation of fruits.In post-fire managed areas the role of granivores and frugivores in the regeneration process should be taken into account.

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