Cecropia as a food resource for bats in French Guiana and the significance of fruit structure in seed dispersal and longevity
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Extrait: Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) is a Neotropical genus of pioneer plants. A review of bat/plant dispersal interactions revealed that 15 species of Cecropia are consumed by 32 species of bats. In French Guiana, bats were captured in primary and secondary forests, yielding 936 fecal samples with diaspores, am ...

