Seed and seedling ecophysiology of neotropical Melastomataceae: Implications for conservation and restoration of savannas and rainforests1

FAO Silveira, GW Fernandes, JP Lemos-Filho - Annals of the Missouri …, 2013 - BioOne
We review the patterns of fruit maturation, dispersal, germination, seed bank formation, and
seedling establishment of the Melastomataceae in two Neotropical biodiversity hotspots, the …

Frugivory and seed dispersal in a hyperdiverse plant clade and its role as a keystone resource for the Neotropical fauna

JVS Messeder, FAO Silveira, TG Cornelissen… - Annals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Much of our understanding of the ecology and evolution of
seed dispersal in the Neotropics is founded on studies involving the animal-dispersed …

Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae

JVS Messeder, TJ Guerra, MA Pizo… - … , evolution, and ecology …, 2022 - Springer
Melastomataceae species successfully colonize, and in many cases dominate, ecosystems
ranging from forest to open vegetation, from sea level to mountain summits, and isolated …

Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest

VHF Paixão, VGN Gomes, CS de Souza… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cacti fruits are key resources to many frugivorous animals in Neotropical arid and semiarid
regions. However, most studies have focused on a particular animal group or cacti species …

[PDF][PDF] Food habits and endozoochorous seed dispersal by small rodents (Cricetidae and Echimyidae) in a riparian forest in southeastern Brazil

LG Lessa, CS Paula… - Neotropical Biology and …, 2019 - neotropical.pensoft.net
We analyzed the feeding habits and the endozoochoric seed dispersal of six species of
Neotropical small rodents in a riparian forest in the Cerrado biome at the central portion of …

First Approach to the Paleobiology of Extinct Prospaniomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi, Octodontoidea) Through Head Muscle Reconstruction and the Study of …

A Álvarez, M Arnal - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2015 - Springer
Abstract† Prospaniomys is a basal octodontoid recorded in the early Miocene in Patagonia
(Argentina; Colhuehuapian SALMA). Nearly complete cranial and mandibular remains …

Radiaciones adaptativas y diversidad ecológica de los roedores caviomorfos durante el Paleógeno: caracterización de los componentes ecológicos y de la …

C Robinet - 2023 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
Los roedores caviomorfos, o Hystricognathi del Nuevo Mundo, constituyen uno de los
componentes más importantes de las comunidades de mamíferos fósiles y vivientes de …

A new record of Calassomys apicalis (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil

CN da Silva Oliveira, RF Carvalho… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - periodicos.ufjf.br
We present herein the record of the monotypic sigmodontine Calassomys apicalis Pardiñas,
Lessa, Salazar-Bravo and Câmara 2014 in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male …

New species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Thrichomys fosteri and Clyomys laticeps (Rodentia: Echimyidae) of the Brazilian Pantanal

WTG Barreto, LA Viana, FM Santos… - Parasitology …, 2017 - Springer
The echimyid rodents Thrichomys fosteri and Clyomys laticeps are among the most
commonly recorded small mammals in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil. These species play …

Variation in the skull morphometry of four taxonomic units of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), from different Neotropical biomes

JG Carvalhaes, P Cordeiro‐Estrela… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The echimyid rodents of the genus Thrichomys vary considerably in their behavior and
feeding ecology, reflecting their occurrence in environments as different as the Caatinga …