Potential seed dispersal of cumbaru (Dipteryx alata) by fruit-eating bats (Artibeus sp.) in a Brazilian urban context

IF 0.8 4区生物学 Q3 ZOOLOGY

Mammalia Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.1515/mammalia-2023-0167

L.G. Araujo Goebel, Gabriela Rodrigues Longo, Jackeline Mylena Souza da Silva, Thalita Ribeiro, Luiz Fernando da Silva Lara, Manoel Dos Santos-Filho, Juliano A. Bogoni

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Abstract

The rapid increase of urbanization across the tropics has transformed natural landscapes into intensely modified environments, challenging native species to thrive in human-dominated spaces. Frugivorous bats perform vital ecological roles in urban landscapes, preventing the further decline of seed dispersal dynamics. The “cumbaru” tree Dipteryx alata – a large native species widely distributed throughout Cerrado savannahs of South America – serves as an important food resource for wildlife. In this study, we documented and quantified the cumbaru potential dispersal performed by Artibeus sp. in an urban area located in the limits between Cerrado and Pantanal (Cáceres municipality, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Our results revealed that, during 21 nights of observation, individuals of Artibeus sp. transported 27 fruits at a distance of approximately 35 m. Our observations on the dynamics of seed dispersal by bats in an urban context provide preliminary, but important, insights for management actions to ensure the maintaining of species interactions and biodiversity conservation across human-dominated landscapes.

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巴西城市中食果蝙蝠（Artibeus sp.

热带地区快速增长的城市化进程已经将自然景观转变成了被严重改造的环境，这对本地物种在人类主导的空间中繁衍生息提出了挑战。食食性蝙蝠在城市景观中发挥着重要的生态作用，防止了种子传播动力的进一步衰退。广泛分布于南美洲塞拉多稀树草原的大型原生物种--"Cumbaru "树Dipteryx alata是野生动物的重要食物资源。在这项研究中，我们记录并量化了Artibeus sp.在位于Cerrado和Pantanal之间的一个城市地区（巴西马托格罗索州卡塞雷斯市）的Cumbaru潜在扩散情况。我们对蝙蝠在城市环境中传播种子的动态观察为管理行动提供了初步但重要的见解，以确保在人类主导的景观中保持物种互动和生物多样性保护。

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Mammalia 生物-动物学

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Mammalia is an international, multidisciplinary, bimonthly journal devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of mammalian diversity. It publishes original results on all aspects of the systematics and biology of mammals with a strong focus on ecology, including biodiversity analyses, distribution habitats, diet, predator-prey relationships, competition, community analyses and conservation of mammals. The journal also accepts submissions on sub-fossil or recently extinct mammals.