Feeding patterns on forest floors

Peter D. Moore
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Peter D. Moore: Kings College

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6657, 231-232

Abstract: distribution of plants, to which can now be added the eating and defecation habits of howler monkeys and tapirs, both of which are inhabitants of tropical forests in South America. These animals consume the fruits of certain plant species, then deposit the seeds elsewhere, beneath monkey dormitories or at tapir latrines, after they have passed through the gut. This general phenomenon is well known: the twists are that this activity can transport seeds beyond the immediate vicinity of high seed mortality from other predators, and can help to account for the clumping of certain plants in tropical forests.

Date: 1997
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