[PDF] Top 20 Fruit and seed exploitation by small rodents of the Brazilian Atlantic forest

... In the Brazilian Atlantic forest (BAF) there are at least 57 rodent species and most of them are considered ...fruits and seeds. Nevertheless the potential role ... See full document

... presence and related activities in areas inhabited by, or in the vicinity of, small mammal communities, produce disturbing effects among these animals (McLaughlin & Mineau, 1995; ... See full document

... survey of 30 treefall gaps of different sizes in the study ...to the lack of intensive long distance seed dispersal associated with low rates of fruit/seed ... See full document

... represent the final predation pressure over a cohort of seeds since seeds continue to be preyed upon by rodents well beyond the fruiting season, even after germination (Reis, 1995; see ... See full document

... number of each helminth species per host specimen collected. The biomass was calculated as abundance multiplied by the mean of parasite body volume of a helminth ... See full document

... subflavus and G. microtarsus displayed a significant preference for the corridor, these species occupied different treatments, corroborating available data that show that they are generally resilient to ... See full document

... with the Brazilian flea fauna (Guimarães 1972, Botelho et ...areas of the Atlantic rain for- est (Linardi 1977, Guitton et ...characterized by great biodiversity and ... See full document

... affect the role of a vertebrate as a predator or a dispersal agent (Gautier-Hion et ...species of vertebrates can have a large effect on the rate of seed mortality of a ... See full document

... Although the selective exclosures were used to tell apart the small mammal seed removal from that of other animals, birds could persistently remove up to ten seeds within selective ... See full document

... 4). The pres- ent results cannot be directly compared to other studies in South America, since different sets of microsatellites were used by ...so, by using species-specific primers, higher ... See full document

... in the Atlantic Forest, post-disturbance inputs of allochthonous diaspores from remaining secondary or mature patches of forest, as well as their vertebrate dispersers, are ... See full document

... prey and/or territory. However, in large preserved areas of the Atlantic Forest, the feeding habits of pumas and jaguarundis are very ...medium- and ... See full document

... values of richness and diversity of the community composition of parasites on Santa Catarina Island when compared to those of the mainland may be correlated with various ... See full document

... ABSTRACT. The Pantanal is a South American biome characterized by extensive plains and stark environmental season- ...forcing small mammal species to aggregate in dry forest patches, ... See full document

... none of which were native from ...citations of native species, from which 98 were arboreal. The native trees are classified into 35 ethnospecies (defined according to the perception of ... See full document

... grouped by seed dispersal sub-syndrome, phenological patterns were more defined, and flowering occurred from September to May for all groups though it was more extended for rodent seed ... See full document

... winter and spring, when it moves from the southern mountainous regions to the north to the Espirito Santo State (Sick 1997), in addition to migrating along the altitudinal gradient ... See full document

... Magé and Barra de Marica – Marica, Rio de ...15736 and 15741. Remarks. This species was described by R UDOLPHI (1802) as Ascaris obvelata, that was further allocated as Syphacia obvelata by S ... See full document

... cambuci fruit are only distributed in the local and regional markets of the growing regions in the Serra do Mar Coastal Forest in São Paulo ...cream, and sweets ... See full document

... promote the sustainable logging of native species from secondary forests of the Atlantic Forest, partially due to the scarcity of data on the potential ... See full document