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| author | Rossaneis, Bruna Karla Reis, Nelio Roberto Dos Bianchini, Edmilson Pimenta, José Antônio |
| author_facet | Rossaneis, Bruna Karla Reis, Nelio Roberto Dos Bianchini, Edmilson Pimenta, José Antônio |
| contents | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The aim of this study was to evaluate seed germination of Piper, Solanum, Cecropia and Ficus species after their passage through the gastrointestinal tract of frugivorous bats - Artibeus lituratus, Platyrrhinus lineatus, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium. Both bats and fruits/infrutescences samples were obtained in the Parque Estadual Mata do Godoy, Londrina, Brazil. For each plant species, we considered the control and four treatments, made up by the seeds obtained from the feces of each species of bat: (1) A. lituratus, (2) P. lineatus, (3) C. perspilata and (4) S. lilium. Two hundred seeds were used for each treatment and were germinated at the same time, randomly distributed in four containers. The germination data were used to calculate the rate and the average germination time. In only two species, C. pachystachya and F. eximia, the passage through the gastrointestinal tract of animals produced no significant change. While the remaining six species had significant differences in the rates and / or average time of seed germination after passage through the gastrointestinal tract of at least one species of bats. Moreover, food preference of bat species for one plant species did not significantly change seed germination in relation to other plants. The conclusion is that over evolutionary process, diffuse co-evolution did not favor changing germination standards for food preference of bats. However, it was observed that bats modify the rate and germination time of plants assisting its establishment, besides being good dispersers, even of the species where germination has not been changed. |
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| publishDate | 2016 |
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| spellingShingle | Seed germination after passing through gastrointestinal tract of bats (chiroptera, phyllostomidae) Rossaneis, Bruna Karla Reis, Nelio Roberto Dos Bianchini, Edmilson Pimenta, José Antônio Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The aim of this study was to evaluate seed germination of Piper, Solanum, Cecropia and Ficus species after their passage through the gastrointestinal tract of frugivorous bats - Artibeus lituratus, Platyrrhinus lineatus, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium. Both bats and fruits/infrutescences samples were obtained in the Parque Estadual Mata do Godoy, Londrina, Brazil. For each plant species, we considered the control and four treatments, made up by the seeds obtained from the feces of each species of bat: (1) A. lituratus, (2) P. lineatus, (3) C. perspilata and (4) S. lilium. Two hundred seeds were used for each treatment and were germinated at the same time, randomly distributed in four containers. The germination data were used to calculate the rate and the average germination time. In only two species, C. pachystachya and F. eximia, the passage through the gastrointestinal tract of animals produced no significant change. While the remaining six species had significant differences in the rates and / or average time of seed germination after passage through the gastrointestinal tract of at least one species of bats. Moreover, food preference of bat species for one plant species did not significantly change seed germination in relation to other plants. The conclusion is that over evolutionary process, diffuse co-evolution did not favor changing germination standards for food preference of bats. However, it was observed that bats modify the rate and germination time of plants assisting its establishment, besides being good dispersers, even of the species where germination has not been changed. |
| title | Seed germination after passing through gastrointestinal tract of bats (chiroptera, phyllostomidae) |
| topic | Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13432407 |