Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide material subsistence and cash income to
millions of rural people, particularly in less developed countries. This paper offers a …

Background With more than 90 published studies of pollination mechanisms, the palm family
is one of the better studied tropical families of angiosperms. Understanding palm–pollinator …

The much-publicized quest for miracle drug plants in tropical rainforests has provided
compelling support for the preservationist agenda. This article questions the assumptions …

The southwestern Amazon Rainforest Ecotone (ARE) is the transitional landscape between
the tropical forest and seasonally flooded savannahs of the Bolivian Llanos de Moxos …

More than 200 scientific publications and Internet sources dealing with trade in palm
products in north-western South America are reviewed. We focus on value chains, trade …

Granivorous rodents have been traditionally regarded as antagonistic seed predators.
Agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.), however, have also been recognized as mutualistic dispersers of …

The scarab beetle tribe Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) is the
second larg-est tribe of rhinoceros beetles, with nearly 500 described species. This diverse …

The seed dispersal system of Attalea geraensis (Arecaceae), an acaulescent palm, was
investigated during one year in two Cerrado fragments in the state of São Paulo …

Among the Cycadales (Cycadaceae and Zamiaceae), the Zamiaceae are known to be insect‐
pollinated. In contrast, the Cycadaceae are still considered wind‐pollinated, although some …

The idiosyncratic behaviours of seed dispersers are important contributors to plant spatial
associations and genetic structures. In this study, we used a combination of field, molecular …