Seed-dispersal and seedling recruitment patterns by the last Neotropical megafaunal element in Amazonia, the tapir

By J. Fragoso, J. Huffman. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Social Psychology

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In Ecology

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4. Kirsten M. Silvius
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6. N. Morueta‐Holme
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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

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2. C. Violle
3. Brian J. Enquist
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5. Brody Sandel
6. Jens‐Christian Svenning
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Citations in the corpus

• Forest Elephants: Tree Planters of the Congo (2009, background): “…range farther than smaller-bodied vertebrates, should be particularly adept at moving seeds sufficiently far to overcome Janzen– Connell effects (Fragoso & Huffman 2000, Guimarães et al. 2008), maintaining gene flow between isolated stands of trees (Chapman & Onderdonk 1998), reintroducing…”
• LONG‐DISTANCE SEED DISPERSAL BY TAPIRS INCREASES SEED SURVIVAL AND AGGREGATES TROPICAL TREES (2003, background): “Along with two other species of neotropical tapirs, they are known to be important seed dispersers for both large- and small-seeded plants (Williams 1984, Naranjo 1995, Salas and Fuller 1996, Fragoso and Huffman 2000, Downer 2001).”
• Seed dispersal by Galápagos tortoises (2012, background): “Megaherbivores may also be prodigious seed dispersers (Fragoso & Huffman, 2000; Guimarães et al., 2008; Blake et al., 2009), a major advantage of which is the movement of seeds away from parent plants (Howe & Smallwood, 1982; Levey et al., 2002; Levin et al., 2003; Terborgh et al., 2008).”
• Megafauna extinction, tree species range reduction, and carbon storage in Amazonian forests (2016, background): “For instance, tapirs are more efficient digesters of seeds than are elephants, leading to greater seed mortality (Campos-Arceiz et al. 2012), although New World tapirs are good dispersers (Fragoso 1997, Fragoso and Huffman 2000).”
• Seed survival and dispersal of an endemic Atlantic forest palm: the combined effects of defaunation and forest fragmentation (2006, background): “Large-seeded palm species rely extensively on medium- and large-sized birds and mammals for dispersal and recruitment (Zona & Henderson, 1989; Fragoso & Huffman, 2000), yet this fauna is being seriously threatened by increased hunting pressure and habitat loss (Chiarello, 1999; Cullen, Bodmer &…”
• The Role of Mammals in Creating and Modifying Seedshadows in Tropical Forests and Some Possible Consequences of Their Elimination (2007, background): “…and dropped seeds may be exploited by other mammalian seed dispersers such as rodents, deer, peccaries, and tapirs (Forget 1990, Miura et al. 1997, Fragoso & Huffman 2000, Chen et al. 2001, Beck 2005), which may then serve either as primary dispersal agents (dropped fruits), secondary dispersal…”