Throughout Amazonia, overfishing has decimated populations of fruit-eating fishes,
especially the large-bodied characid, Colossoma macropomum. During lengthy annual …

Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life history of plants. It determines the initial pattern of
juvenile distribution, and can influence community dynamics and the evolutionary …

Defaunation is disrupting plant–animal interactions worldwide. The overhunting of frugivores
disrupts seed dispersal and diminishes plant regeneration, yet investigations of frugivore …

Owing to the late Pleistocene extinctions, the megafauna of Europe, Australia and the
Americas disappeared, and with them the dispersal service they offered megafaunal fruit …

Seed dispersal is a key process driving the structure, composition, and regeneration of
tropical forests. Larger frugivores play a crucial role in community structuring by dispersing …

Large‐bodied animals play irreplaceable roles in seed dispersal, partly due to their capacity
to disperse large seeds. Understanding this role at a community level has been limited by …

ABSTRACT Many Amazon River fishes consume fruits and seeds from floodplain forests
during the annual flood season, potentially serving as important seed dispersers and …

The interaction between fish and plants in Amazon floodplain is fundamental for the
maintenance of frugivorous fish and tree communities. The viability of seeds after passing …

Fruit-eating by fishes represents an ancient (perhaps Paleozoic) interaction increasingly
regarded as important for seed dispersal (ichthyochory) in tropical and temperate …

According to most studies on seed dispersal in tropical forests, mammals and birds are
considered the main dispersal agents and the role played by other animal groups remains …