Disturbance and the Dispersal of Fleshy Fruits

摘要: Fruits of Prunus serotina, Phytolacca americana, and Vitis vulpina were placed during separate trials in forest sites that varied the degree to which canopy was disturbed. Removal rates fruits consistently faster edge light gap than under closed canopy. Rapid removal from species ripen fruit summer early fall is selectively advantageous plants because it minimizes probability will be destroyed by invertebrates before dispersal. Disturbances probably play an important role interactions between temperate birds community organization.