Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach
We carried out a seed germination experiment using two thrush species in captivity. We compared the number of germinated seeds and germination time of control seeds (manually removed from fruits) and ingested seeds of Miconia prasina by two bird species, Turdus albicollis and T. amaurochalinus, and...
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| description | We carried out a seed germination experiment using two thrush species in captivity. We compared the number of germinated seeds and germination time of control seeds (manually removed from fruits) and ingested seeds of Miconia prasina by two bird species, Turdus albicollis and T. amaurochalinus, and also compared retention times of seeds by both thrush species. Control seeds germinated more frequently than those ingested for one species, T. albicollis. The germination time of ingested seeds by T. amaurochalinus was similar to the control seeds but seeds ingested by T. albicollis took longer to germinate than the controls. Both thrush species had a similar seed defecation pattern. The cumulative number of defecated seeds increased by 2 hours after fruit ingestion. At the end of the first 30 minutes both species had already defecated approximately 50% of the seeds ingested Our results suggest that both species could act as disperser agents of M. prasina. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07824df607724162be984c62e273ea342022-12-21T20:02:57ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-437568239740110.1590/S1519-69842008000200023S1519-69842008000200023Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approachMAS. Alves0PD. Ritter1RD. Antonini2EM. Almeida3Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroInstituto Biológico de São PauloUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroWe carried out a seed germination experiment using two thrush species in captivity. We compared the number of germinated seeds and germination time of control seeds (manually removed from fruits) and ingested seeds of Miconia prasina by two bird species, Turdus albicollis and T. amaurochalinus, and also compared retention times of seeds by both thrush species. Control seeds germinated more frequently than those ingested for one species, T. albicollis. The germination time of ingested seeds by T. amaurochalinus was similar to the control seeds but seeds ingested by T. albicollis took longer to germinate than the controls. Both thrush species had a similar seed defecation pattern. The cumulative number of defecated seeds increased by 2 hours after fruit ingestion. At the end of the first 30 minutes both species had already defecated approximately 50% of the seeds ingested Our results suggest that both species could act as disperser agents of M. prasina.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842008000200023&lng=en&tlng=enAtlantic forestfrugivoryseed germinationMelastomataceaeTurdus |
| spellingShingle | MAS. Alves PD. Ritter RD. Antonini EM. Almeida Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach Brazilian Journal of Biology Atlantic forest frugivory seed germination Melastomataceae Turdus |
| title | Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach |
| title_full | Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach |
| title_fullStr | Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach |
| title_short | Two thrush species as dispersers of Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. (Melastomataceae): an experimental approach |
| title_sort | two thrush species as dispersers of miconia prasina sw dc melastomataceae an experimental approach |
| topic | Atlantic forest frugivory seed germination Melastomataceae Turdus |
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