What is on the menu for frugivorous birds in the Cerrado? Fruiting phenology and nutritional traits highlight the importance of habitat complementarity

ABSTRACT The relationship between plants and frugivorous animals is modulated by morphological and nutritional characteristics of fruits, as well as their seasonal availability across habitats. We evaluated fruiting phenology, fruit morphology and nutritional characteristics of 35 abundant plant spe...

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Published in:Acta Botânica Brasílica
Main Authors: Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama, Celine Melo, Camila Pascoal, Eduardo Vicente, João Custódio Fernandes Cardoso, Vinícius Lourenço Garcia Brito, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062019000300572&lng=en&tlng=en