Spatial Patterns of Seed Dispersal by White-Faced Capuchins in Costa Rica: Evaluating Distant-Dependent Seed Mortality |
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| Authors: | Kim Valenta Linda M Fedigan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2N-1N4, Canada;2. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2N-1N4, Canada
1Corresponding author;3. e-mail: Fedigan@ucalgary.ca |
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| Abstract: | Spatial patterns of seed dispersal are the focus of numerous theoretical examinations of endozoochory. Here, we examine the spatial pattern of seed dispersal by white-faced capuchin monkeys Cebus capucinus in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, and the neighborhood characteristics and distance variables most closely associated with seed survival and germination, and seedling survival and growth in various locations. Overall, distance to the nearest fruiting conspecific tree has the most positive, consistent effect on growth and survival variables, which supports a variation of the Janzen–Connell seed escape hypothesis. |
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| Keywords: | Cebus capucinus Santa Rosa National Park seed escape hypotheses |
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