Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution
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Data de Publicação: | 2005 |
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Resumo: | This study examines how the seed morphology of two large arborescent palms, Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. and Astrocaryum aculeatum G. Mey, may affect their seed shadow in a seasonally dry Amazonian forest. In addition to being smaller and produced in larger numbers than those of A. aculeatum, A. maripa seeds also presented a substantially lower amount of nutritional reserves available for the embryo. However, A. maripa seedlings were found in much higher numbers than those of A. aculeatum. The results suggest that, within the spatial scale considered, the seed rain of A. maripa is more restricted to the area surrounding around reproductive conspecifics than that of A. aculeatum. Furthermore, in comparison with those of A. aculeatum, the smaller seeds of A. maripa might be less attractive to scatterhoarding rodents (e.g. Dasyprocta aguti). The pattern observed emphasizes the importance of scatterhoarding rodents as dispersers of large-seeded plant species in Neotropical forests. |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distributionAmazoniaAstrocaryum aculeatumAttalea maripascatterhoardingseed shadowThis study examines how the seed morphology of two large arborescent palms, Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. and Astrocaryum aculeatum G. Mey, may affect their seed shadow in a seasonally dry Amazonian forest. In addition to being smaller and produced in larger numbers than those of A. aculeatum, A. maripa seeds also presented a substantially lower amount of nutritional reserves available for the embryo. However, A. maripa seedlings were found in much higher numbers than those of A. aculeatum. The results suggest that, within the spatial scale considered, the seed rain of A. maripa is more restricted to the area surrounding around reproductive conspecifics than that of A. aculeatum. Furthermore, in comparison with those of A. aculeatum, the smaller seeds of A. maripa might be less attractive to scatterhoarding rodents (e.g. Dasyprocta aguti). The pattern observed emphasizes the importance of scatterhoarding rodents as dispersers of large-seeded plant species in Neotropical forests.Instituto Internacional de Ecologia2005-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842005000400018Brazilian Journal of Biology v.65 n.4 2005reponame:Brazilian Journal of Biologyinstname:Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)instacron:IIE10.1590/S1519-69842005000400018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSalm,Rodolfoeng2006-03-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-69842005000400018Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjb/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjb@bjb.com.br||bjb@bjb.com.br1678-43751519-6984opendoar:2006-03-06T00:00Brazilian Journal of Biology - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)false |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution Salm,Rodolfo Amazonia Astrocaryum aculeatum Attalea maripa scatterhoarding seed shadow |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
title_full |
Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Arborescent palm seed morphology and seedling distribution |
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Salm,Rodolfo |
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Salm,Rodolfo |
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Salm,Rodolfo |
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Amazonia Astrocaryum aculeatum Attalea maripa scatterhoarding seed shadow |
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Amazonia Astrocaryum aculeatum Attalea maripa scatterhoarding seed shadow |
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This study examines how the seed morphology of two large arborescent palms, Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. and Astrocaryum aculeatum G. Mey, may affect their seed shadow in a seasonally dry Amazonian forest. In addition to being smaller and produced in larger numbers than those of A. aculeatum, A. maripa seeds also presented a substantially lower amount of nutritional reserves available for the embryo. However, A. maripa seedlings were found in much higher numbers than those of A. aculeatum. The results suggest that, within the spatial scale considered, the seed rain of A. maripa is more restricted to the area surrounding around reproductive conspecifics than that of A. aculeatum. Furthermore, in comparison with those of A. aculeatum, the smaller seeds of A. maripa might be less attractive to scatterhoarding rodents (e.g. Dasyprocta aguti). The pattern observed emphasizes the importance of scatterhoarding rodents as dispersers of large-seeded plant species in Neotropical forests. |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia |
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