Abstract
Vascular plants and frugivorous animals have undergone mutualistic interactions for over 70 million years. The major modern groups of frugivorous vertebrates include primates, bats, and birds; minor groups include fishes and various kinds of browsing or carnivorous mammals. Vertebrates potentially act as selective agents on plant traits by their food choice and ranging behavior both of which are responsive to the fruit and phenological traits of plants.
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Estrada, A., Fleming, T.H. (1986). Introduction. In: Estrada, A., Fleming, T.H. (eds) Frugivores and seed dispersal. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4812-9_8
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