Summary 1 Some of the most damaging invasive plants are dispersed by frugivores and this
is an area of emerging importance in weed management. It highlights the need for practical …

Spatial genetic structure (SGS) of plants results from the nonrandom distribution of related
individuals. SGS provides information on gene flow and spatial patterns of genetic diversity …

Seed dispersal by frugivores is thought to play an important role in the maintenance of
tropical forest diversity. Spider monkeys (Ateles spp.) are amongst the most frugivorous …

The measurement of plant dispersal is vital for understanding plant distribution and
abundance at different scales. However, dispersal is difficult to measure and there is a lack …

Ateline monkeys, the largest primates in the Neotropics, may disperse more than one million
seeds/km2/d at sites where they are abundant, but it is unclear whether a reduction in their …

Primate seed dispersal has been increasingly recognized as having a potentially profound
impact on tropical forest regeneration and plant species composition. Confirming and …

Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) use sites composed of one or more trees for sleeping
(sleeping sites and sleeping trees, respectively). Beneath these sites/trees they deposit …

Frugivores display daily and seasonal behavioural variation, yet the influence of this
variability on subsequent seed shadows is rarely considered. We investigated the extent to …

In rain forests the fate of seeds defecated by mammals is often affected by dung beetles, but
these effects can vary with mammal species. In a Colombian forest, differences in …

Seed dispersal is considered a key process determining spatial structure and dynamics of
plant populations, and has crucial implications for forest regeneration. We evaluated the …