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Clade-specific responses regulate phenological patterns in Neotropical Myrtaceae
Staggemeier, Vanessa G.; Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.; Zipparro, Valesca B.; Gressler, Eliana; Castro, Everaldo Rodrigo de; Mazine, FiorellaUnderstanding plant reproduction from an eco-phylogenetic perspective is essential because it allows us to predict how phenology could change in response to climatic changes. Unfortunately, reproductive patterns have been poorly explored in contemporary phylogenetic context until now. Closely related species are expected to reproduce in a similar ecological niche if phylogeny constrains the time of flowering an...
Frugivory and seed dispersal by the tegu lizard Tupinambis merianae Reptilia: T...
Castro, Everaldo Rodrigo de; Galetti, MauroTegu lizards have a generalist diet and may play an important role as seed dispersers in semideciduous forests in south-east Brazil. We studied the frugivory and seed dispersal of tegu lizards using captive animals and offering wild fruits from a semideciduous forest. Thirty fruit species were eaten by the lizards in captivity, ranging from 0.81 to 10.0 cm (fruit diameter). Even large fruit adapted to dispersal...