@article {1445,
	title = {Seed fate of two Sapotaceae species in a Guianan rain forest in the context of escape and satiation hypotheses},
	journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2004},
	note = {1773YUJ TROP ECOL},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {1-9},
	abstract = {Seed removal by rodents was investigated for Manilkara huberi and Chrysophyllum lucentifolium in a French Guianan forest. According to the escape hypothesis, seed survival was expected to be greater in populations of low conspecific adult density, while on the contrary, under the satiation hypothesis, it was expected to be greater in populations of high density. The two plots under study showed opposite densities for the two studied tree species. Therefore, according to both hypotheses, seed survival at each plot was expected to be opposite between species. To assess seed fate, seeds were thread-marked in order to relocate them after removal and to determine whether they were consumed or scatterhoarded by rodents. Contrary to what was expected, our results showed that both M. huberi and C. lucentifolium had better survival in the same plot. This suggests that seed fate for both study species was not influenced by the density of conspecific adult trees, but was rather affected by other habitat characteristics, likely the global resource abundance. Variation in seed predation rates of both species seemed largely related to their respective fruiting period, while seatterhoarding rate seemed more affected by intrinsic seed characteristics.},
	keywords = {dung beetles forest function},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000188953600001},
	author = {Chauvet, S. and Feer, F. and Forget, P. M.}
}
@article {1851,
	title = {Use of Scattered Resources in Rain-Forest of Humid Tropical Lowlands},
	journal = {Biotropica},
	volume = {24},
	number = {2},
	year = {1992},
	note = {BJB550BIOTROPICA},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {293-308},
	abstract = {Well developed, complex rain forests of humid tropical lowlands (RFHTL) do not seem to support large populations of animals compared with other types of forest. Recent studies of terrestrial and understory species of tropical and subtropical forests indicate that the resources available to animals of RFHTL are generally scattered and uncommon. Human populations that utilize this environment contend with a similar pattern of resource availability. On the forest floor only ants and termites, among insects, are consistently common; they are utilized as food by a variety of specialized ground insectivores. Terrestrial herbivores that eat large fallen fruit are also generally scarce as are the often specialized insectivores that seek typically uncommon understory foliage insects, The low densities and high degrees of specialization that accommodate animal species to resources of RFHTL may be ultimately due to a combination of relatively low net primary productivity of undisturbed mature rain forest and the rapid rate of microbial decomposition of forest litter. To develop strategies of conservation suited to RFHTL it will be necessary to understand both the responses of animals to catastrophic disturbances and the often idiosyncratic ways in which animals and people utilize scattered and scarce resources.},
	keywords = {dung beetles forest function},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1992JB55000010},
	author = {Kikkawa, J. and Dwyer, P. D.}
}
@article {1677,
	title = {Biodiversity loss and ecosystem function in tropical forests - Reply},
	journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution},
	volume = {11},
	number = {10},
	year = {1996},
	note = {VK115TREND ECOL EVOLUT},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {432-432},
	keywords = {dung beetles forest function},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1996VK11500016},
	author = {Ghazoul, J. and Didham, R. K.}
}
@article {2195,
	title = {Factors Affecting Post-Dispersal Seed Survival in a Tropical Forest},
	journal = {Oecologia},
	volume = {76},
	number = {4},
	year = {1988},
	note = {Q0705OECOLOGIA},
	pages = {525-530},
	keywords = {dung beetles forest function},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1988Q070500007},
	author = {Schupp, E. W.}
}
@article {2323,
	title = {Germination of Blue Grama-Seeds Buried by Dung Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Environmental Entomology},
	volume = {13},
	number = {3},
	year = {1984},
	note = {TD750ENVIRON ENTOMOL},
	pages = {878-881},
	keywords = {dung beetles forest function},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1984TD75000045},
	author = {Wicklow, D. T. and Kumar, R. and Lloyd, J. E.}
}
