Wild boar are now present on all continents except Antarctica and can greatly affect
community structure and ecosystem function. Their destructive feeding habits, primarily …

What determines the number and size of the seeds produced by a plant? How often should it
reproduce them? How often should a plant produce them? Why and how are seeds …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

This book reviews the interrelationships between palms and insects, emphasizing the
similarities in various world regions. Host plants, distribution and bionomics of …

Feral pigs (Sus scrofa L.) are perhaps the most abundant, widespread, and economically
significant large introduced vertebrate across the Pacific island region. Unlike many other …

Seed predation and seed dispersal are key factors that determine plant recruitment. In this
study, we compared the role of small (< 200 g) and 'large'mammals as predators of …

Endozoochory, or internal seed dispersal through the digestive tracts of animals, has been
less studied in invertebrates compared with vertebrates. Nonetheless, endozoochory is …

Seed dispersion patterns are largely determined by the maternal plant. Characters of the
progeny, such as dispersal, that are determined by the maternal parent and that vary with …

Frugivorous birds in the Northern Territory, Australia move among patches of monsoonal
rainforest and require many patches to maintain their populations. Using bird survey data …

From a wildlife ecologist's perspective, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are truly incredible animals.
Few large mammals show plasticity necessary to maintain relatively high survival and …