Since we found few seed fragments in faeces, it appears that tapirs do not mechanically destroy the larger seeds surveyed here.
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In conclusion, tapirs provide a bulk seed dispersal service for very large, large and medium seeds, a form of dispersal unavailable from any other animal.
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They do not disperse thousands of seeds long distances to single sites as do tapirs.
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Each child immediately picked up the one unfamiliar toy animal (atapir) and handed it over.
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We also describe and analyse the temporal occurrence of thetapirgenerated seed rain.
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Three hundred and fifty-sixtapirfaeces were examined.
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This suggests that tapirs serve as an ecosystem level process, influencing the population and community dynamics of many tropical plants.
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Tapirs can function as seed dispersers, as shown by the many seeds of several species that survived passage through the gut of lowland tapirs.
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To date, studies oftapirseed dispersal have produced only partial temporal descriptions oftapirgenerated seed rain.
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Additionally, the spatio-temporal pattern of the seed-rain and seed-shadows generated by tapirs was recorded.
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Tapirgenerated seed-rain occurred throughout the year, with seeds defecated in all months.
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The forest and wetland ecosystems contain more than 800 species of trees, 500 species of birds, and large populations of mammals, including monkeys, jaguars, and tapirs.
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This implies thattapirinfluenced seed germination and plant recruitment patterns are unpredictable over months and amongst years, an important consideration when trying to understand the mechanisms structuring tropical forests.
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Fragoso (1997) also found a clumped distribution of palms that were dispersed primarily by tapirs and secondarily by agoutis.
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It has been on thetapirfor many years.
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