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Mastozoología neotropical
versión impresa ISSN 0327-9383versión On-line ISSN 1666-0536
Resumen
DE OLIVEIRA, Ademir Kleber M.; PULCHERIO-LEITE, Atenisi; RIBEIRO, Jonathan W. F. y FERNANDES, Valtecir. CAN Carollia perspicillata (CHIROPTERA: PHYLLOSTOMIDAE) INDUCE SEED GERMINATION OF Cecropia pachystachya?. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.1, pp.194-199. ISSN 0327-9383.
We tested if seed germination of the tree Cecropia pachystachya is induced after being consumed by the frugivorous bat Carollia perspicillata. We carried out two essays; in the first, we compared germination of seeds from C. perspicillata feces, seeds chemically scarified in acid solutions, and seeds from fresh C. pachystachya infructescences. In the second essay we evaluated seed viability after four months storage. Percentage of seed germination was reduced after C. perspicillata ingestion, but nevertheless remained high (76%). Seeds ingested by this bat also maintain their viability after storage, and C. perspicillata can be considered an effective seed disperser of C. pachystachya seeds.
Palabras clave : bats; Cerrado; endozoochory; frugivory; seed dispersal.