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Mastozoología neotropical
versão impressa ISSN 0327-9383versão On-line ISSN 1666-0536
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DE OLIVEIRA, Ademir Kleber M.; PULCHERIO-LEITE, Atenisi; RIBEIRO, Jonathan W. F. e 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.
Palavras-chave : bats; Cerrado; endozoochory; frugivory; seed dispersal.