Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Rodents in Tropical Montane Forest in Africa |
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| Authors: | Beth A Kaplin Pierre‐Michel Forget |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England, 40 Avon St., Keene, New Hampton, U.S.A.;2. Département d'écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7179 CNRS‐MNHN, 1 avenue du Petit Chateau, F‐91800 Brunoy, France |
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| Abstract: | Seed dispersal by rodents has been understudied in Africa. Based on seed‐removal experiments, the presence of seeds in burrows and caches, cotyledon burial of seedlings, and images from camera traps, we provide evidence that rodents (Cricetomys kivuensis) remove and hoard large seeds of Carapa grandiflora in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. |
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| Keywords: | camera traps
Carapa grandiflora
Cricetomys
generalized linear mixed models Nyungwe National Park Rwanda scatter‐hoarding seed fate |
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