The role of seed mass on the caching decision by agoutis, Dasyprocta leporina (Rodentia: Agoutidae)

It has been shown that the local extinction of large-bodied frugivores may cause cascading consequences for plant recruitment and overall plant diversity. However, to what extent the resilient mammals can compensate the role of seed dispersal in defaunated sites is poorly understood. Caviomorph rode...

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Main Authors: Mauro Galetti, Camila I. Donatti, Carla Steffler, Julieta Genini, Ricardo S. Bovendorp, Marina Fleury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2010-06-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000300022