Until recently, the production of fruits by plant, their consumption by animals (frugivory) and the relevance of these to seed dispersal have attracted less attention than pollination biology. However, since the 1970s they have started to gain more prominence and now give rise to more research funding, seminal papers and international symposiums. This book contains chapters adapted from the Third International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal held in August 2000 in Rio Quente, Brazil.

Dedication

ii

Acknowledgements

ix

Contributors

xi

Preface

xv

HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Maintenance of Tree Diversity in Tropical Forests

1

(18)

J. Terborgh

N. Pitman

M. Silman

H. Schichter

P. Nunez V.

Dissemination Limitation and the Origin and Maintenance of Species-rich Tropical Forests

19

(16)

E. W. Schupp

T. Milleron

S.E. Russo

Assessing Recruitment Limitation: Concepts, Methods and Case-studies from a Tropical Forest

35

(20)

H.C. Muller-Landau

S.J. Wright

O. Calderon

S.P. Hubbell

R.B. Foster

Have Frugivores Influenced the Evolution of Fruit Traits in New Zealand?

55

(14)

J. M. Lord

A. S. Markey

J. Marshall

Mechanistic Models for Tree Seed Dispersal by Wind in Dense Forests and Open Landscapes

69

(14)

R. Nathan

H.S. Horn

J. Chave

S.A. Levin

The Role of Vertebrates in the Diversification of New World Mistletoes

83

(16)

C. Restrepo

S. Sargent

D.J. Levey

D.M. Watson

PLANT STRATEGIES

Mistletoes as Parasites and Seed-dispersing Birds as Disease Vectors: Current Understanding, Challenges and Opportunities

99

(12)

J.E. Aukema

C. Martinez del Rio

Secondary Metabolites of Ripe Fleshy Fruits: Ecology and Phylogeny in the Genus Solanum

111

(18)

M.L. Cipollini

L.A. Bohs

K. Mink

E. Paulk

K. Bohning-Gaese

The Seed-dispersers and Fruit Syndromes of Myrtaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

129

(16)

M.A. Pizo

Are Plant Species that Need Gaps for Recruitment More Attractive to Seed-dispersing Birds and Ants than Other Species?

145

(16)

C.C. Horvitz

M.A. Pizo

B. Bello y Bello

J. LeCorff

R. Dirzo

The Role of Fruit Traits in Determining Fruit Removal in East Mediterranean Ecosystems

161

(16)

I. Izhaki

Seed Dispersal of Mimetic Fruits: Parasitism, Mutualism, Aposematism or Exaptation?

177

(16)

M. Galetti

Secondary Dispersal of Jeffrey Pine Seeds by Rodent Scatter-hoarders: the Roles of Pilfering, Recaching and a Variable Environment

193

(16)

S.B. Vander Wall

The Role of Seed Size in Dispersal by a Scatter-hoarding Rodent

209

(18)

P.A. Jansen

M. Bartholomeus

F. Bongers

J.A. Elzinga

J. Den Ouden

S.E. Van Wieren

Mast Seeding and Predator mediated Indirect Interactions in a Forest Community: Evidence from Post-dispersal Fate of Rodent-generated Caches

227

(14)

K. Hoshizaki

P.E. Hulme

ANIMAL STRATEGIES

Seasonality of Fruiting and Food Hoarding by Rodents in Neotropical Forests: Consequences for Seed Dispersal and Seedling Recruitment

241

(16)

P.-M. Forget

D.S. Hammond

T. Milleron

R Thomas

Seed-eaters: Seed Dispersal, Destruction and Demography

257

(18)

P.E. Hulme

Plant-Animal Coevolution: Is it Thwarted by Spatial and Temporal Variation in Animal Foraging?

275

(16)

C.A. Chapman

L.J. Chapman

The Frugivorous Diet of the Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, in Brazil: Ecology and Conservation

291

(14)

J.C. Motta-Junior

K. Martins

CONSEQUENCES OF SEED DISPERSAL

Frugivore-generated Seed Shadows: a Landscape View of Demographic and Genetic Effects

305

(18)

P. Jordano

J.A. Godoy

Contributions of Seed Dispersal and Demography to Recruitment Limitation in a Costa Rican Cloud Forest

323

(16)

K.G. Murray

J.M. Garcia-C.

A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Gut Treatment on Seed Germination

339

(12)

A. Traveset

M. Verdu

Effectiveness of Seed Dispersal by Cercopithecus Monkeys: Implications for Seed Input into Degraded Areas

351

(14)

B.A. Kaplin

J.E. Lambert

Exploring the Link between Animal Frugivory and Plant Strategies: the Case of Primate Fruit Processing and Post-dispersal Seed Fate

365

(16)

J.E. Lambert

CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY AND MANAGEMENT

Extinct Pigeons and Declining Bat Populations: Are Large Seeds Still being Dispersed in the Tropical Pacific?

381

(16)

K.R. McConkey

D.R. Drake

Potential Consequences of Extinction of Frugivorous Birds for Shrubs of a Tropical Wet Forest

397

(10)

B.A. Loiselle

J. G. Blake

Primate Frugivory in Two Species-rich Neotropical Forests: Implications for the Demography of Large-seeded Plants in Overhunted Areas

407

(16)

C.A. Peres

M. van Roosmalen

Patterns of Fruit-Frugivore Interactions in Two Atlantic Forest Bird Communities of South-eastern Brazil: Implications for Conservation

423

(14)

W.R. Silva

P. De Marco Jr

E. Hasui

V.S.M. Gomes

Limitations of Animal Seed Dispersal for Enhancing Forest Succession on Degraded Lands

437

(14)

R.S. Duncan

C.A. Chapman

Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Degraded Tropical East Asian Landscapes

451

(16)

R. T. Corlett

Behavioural and Ecological Consideration for Managing Bird Damage to Cultivated Fruit

467

(12)

M.L. Avery

Harvest and Management of Forest Fruits by Humans: Implications for Fruit-Frugivore Interactions

479

(16)

S. M. Moegenburg

Index

495

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