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Nutmeg dispersal by tropical birds |
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| Authors: | Howe H F Kerckhove G A |
| Abstract: | Frugivorous birds preferentially remove fruits from Panamanian Virola trees where the ratio of edible aril to indigestible seed is high. A negative correlation between the proportion of the crop removed and mean seed size explains 59 percent of the variance in removal, suggesting that birds minimize ingestion of useless bulk. |
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