Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

The consumption of figs (the fruit of Ficus spp.; Moraceae) by vertebrates is reviewed using
data from the literature, unpublished accounts and new field data from Borneo and Hong …

Identifying the composition of avian diets is a critical step in characterizing the roles of birds
within ecosystems. However, because birds are a diverse taxonomic group with equally …

The relationship between fleshy‐fruited plants and their vertebrate seed dispersal agents
often has been depicted as subject to important interannual variation, but no study has thus …

Recording species interactions is one of the main challenges in ecological studies.
Frugivory has received much attention for decades as a model for mutualisms among free …

We studied the conservation status of Atlantic forest birds in 43 forest fragments ranging in
size from 1 to 384 ha in the Viçosa region of southeastern Brazil. We compared data from 15 …

1. It has been suggested that palm fruits are keystone resources for frugivores in tropical rain
forests, but no study has addressed this hypothesis. The effects of the harvesting of a …

Los patrones de rareza son generalmente determinados por la historia evolutiva,
distribucion espacial y la estructura genética de cada especie. Factores antropogénicos …

Toucans are prominent components of the tropical American avifauna. Although these birds
are very conspicuous, there are few ecological studies focusing on them. In this study, the …

Abstract Analysis of plant–frugivore interactions provides a quantitative framework for
integrating community structure and ecosystem function in terms of how the roles and …