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Mammalian Frugivores With Different Foraging Behavior Can Show Similar Seed Dispersal Effectiveness |
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| Authors: | Kim R. McConkey Warren Y. Brockelman Chanpen Saralamba |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, , Bangalore, 560012 India;2. A.V. Rama Rao Research Foundation, , Habshiguda, Hyderabad, 50000 India;3. Ecology Lab, Bioresources Technology Unit, Biotec, , Klong Luang, PathumThani, 12120 Thailand;4. Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, , Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, 73170 Thailand;5. Conservation Biology Program, Mahidol University Kanchanaburi Campus, , SaiYok, Kanchanaburi, 71150 Thailand |
| Abstract: | Frugivores with disparate foraging behavior are considered to vary in their seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE). Measured SDEs for gibbons and macaques for a ‘primate‐fruit’ were comparable despite the different foraging and movement behavior of the primates. This could help facilitate fruit trait convergence in diverse fruit–frugivore networks. |
| Keywords: | Hylobates lar Macaca leonina primate‐fruit Salacia chinensis Thailand |