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Feeding behaviour of bats and the dispersal of Piper arboreum seeds in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

MARCELO X. A. BIZERRIL  and
ANTHONY RAW
MARCELO X. A. BIZERRIL
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70.910–900, Brasília DF, Brazil.
ANTHONY RAW
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70.910–900, Brasília DF, Brazil.
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Abstract

Phyllostomide bats are the most important consumers of Piper fruits in the Neotropics (Heithaus et al. 1975) and, in particular, Carollia perspicillata and Glossophaga soricina are the species which demonstrate distinct preferences for these fruits (Charles-Dominique 1991, Fleming 1981, Fleming et al. 1977, Marinho-Filho 1991, Palmeirim el al. 1989). This is also true of Piper arboreum Aubl. (Piperaceae) in the gallery forests of Central Brazil (Bizerril & Raw 1997).

Keywords

batsBrazilgallery forestmammal frugivoryPiperseed dispersal
Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 109 - 114
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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