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| Lessa,Leonardo G.; Costa,Fabiane N.. |
| The food habits and seed dispersal promoted by Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia, Echimyidae) were investigated in a Cerrado reserve in southeastern Brazil. Diet was determined by faecal analysis and seed dispersal was tested through seed germination experiments. As a result, 68 scats of T. apereoides were collected and in mean 76.5% contained arthropods, hymenoptera being the most frequent food item. Moderate to high germination rates obtained showed that, despite the efficiency of the rodent's feeding apparatus, small sized seeds of pioneer plants passed undamaged through the guts and remained viable. The high consumption of seeds belonging to pioneer plants (Clidemia urceolata and Miconia holosericea) emphasizes the importance of T. apereoides related to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cerrado domain; Diet composition; Seed dispersal. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-93832009000200019 |
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| Rodrigues,Flávio H.G.; Hass,Adriani; Lacerda,Ana C.R.; Grando,Raquel L.S.C.; Bagno,Marcelo A.; Bezerra,Alexandra M.R.; Silva,Wesley R.. |
| The maned wolf feeds mainly on fruits and small vertebrates. The diet of maned wolf was studied at Águas Emendadas Ecological Station (AEES) through 328 faecal samples collected from November 1996 to August 1999. To evaluate the seasonal variation in food availability, the fruit phenology of the wolf's fruit, the main food item in maned wolf's diet, was monitored counting the fruits produced in 20 marked plants. Fructification phenology of fleshy fruit plants in the cerrado habitat of AEES was recorded monitoring five plots of 100 x 20 m , where the number of fruit producing species and individuals were recorded. The diet composition was 60% vegetal items and 40% animal ones. The wolf's fruit, other fruits and small mammals were the most frequent consumed... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cerrado domain; Diet composition; Food availability; Trophic ecology. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-93832007000100005 |
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