FRUIT FALL CAUSED BY CHACHALACAS (ORTALIS-POLIOCEPHALA) ON RED MOMBINTREES (SPONDIAS-PURPUREA) - IMPACT ON TERRESTRIAL FRUIT CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY THE WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS-VIRGINIANUS)

Authors
MANDUJANO S MARTINEZROMERO LE
Citation
S. Mandujano et Le. Martinezromero, FRUIT FALL CAUSED BY CHACHALACAS (ORTALIS-POLIOCEPHALA) ON RED MOMBINTREES (SPONDIAS-PURPUREA) - IMPACT ON TERRESTRIAL FRUIT CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY THE WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS-VIRGINIANUS), Studies on neotropical fauna and environment, 32(1), 1997, pp. 1-3
Citations number
18
Journal title
Studies on neotropical fauna and environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650521
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 3
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0521(1997)32:1<1:FFCBC(>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In the deciduous forests of the tropical area of the Mexican Pacific c oast, the tree Spondias purpurea is fruiting at the end of the dry sea son. The fruits are consumed by terrestrial vertebrates including the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). If no free water sources a re available, the deers' liquid requirements may be met by fruit consu mption. By an exclusion experiment we were able to demonstrate that fo raging chachalacas (Ortalis poliocephala) increase the rate of fruit f all about 5 times.