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Authors

  • José Carlos Motta-Junior Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências - USP
  • Julio Antonio Lombardi Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - UFMG

Abstract

Fruiting genera of shrubs and trees, mostly exploited by frugivorous birds and mammals, were dominant in 14 gallery forests within "cerrado" vegetation in central and southeastern Brazil. Zoochory was the most frequent dispersal syndrome found in this habitat, ranging from 62,6% to 89,4% by number of species, and from 58,1% to 94,1% by number of individuals. Among zoochorous plants, endozoochory was the prominent mode of dispersal. It is suggested that these data should be considered in gallery forest regeneration projects, so that fauna can also be indicated as essential to the dynamics of seed dispersal and biological diversity in this environment.

Author Biographies

José Carlos Motta-Junior, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências - USP

Possui Bacharelado em Ciencias Biologicas pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Mestrado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho e Doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1996).

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Julio Antonio Lombardi, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - UFMG

Concluiu o Doutorado em Biologia Vegetal pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas, obteve Livre Docência pela Universidade Estadual Paulista em 2008. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto na UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus de Rio Claro.

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Published

2002-01-01

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2002)

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