@article{PAR00002164,
  title = {{F}ruit characters in the diet of syntopic large frugivorous forest bird species in {F}rench {G}luiana},
  author = {{E}rard, {C}. and {T}h{\'e}ry, {M}. and {S}abatier, {D}aniel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}haracteristics of the plants on which the four largest arboreal and terrestrial forest frugivorous bird species of {F}rench {G}uiana ({T}inamus major, {T}inamidae; {P}sophia crepitans, {P}sophiidae; {C}rax alector and {P}enelope marail, {C}racidae) base their diet were compared. {T}he characteristics of 102 plant species and their fruits were compared in order to determine whether some syndromes were associated with particular bird species. {M}ultifactorial analyses were conducted using either number of plant species or quantity of fruits of each plant species ingested by each bird species. {S}ets of fruit character-states are associated with particular bird species such that distinct traits are linked to seed-predation or seed-dispersal. {A} possible separation between arboreal and terrestrial consumption is also indicated. {T}hese associations between avian frugivores and fruit and fruiting plants' traits are discussed in terms of their dispersal value to plant species and the likelihood of attracting seed-dispersers as opposed to defending seeds against predators. {T}he interactions between fruiting plants and consumers are considered mutualistic (benefit both the plant and the bird) in the case of {P}enelope and {P}sophia, but are predator-prey interactions in that of {C}rax and {T}inamus, although {C}rax may be a disperser for some plants whose small seeds pass unaltered through its digestive tract. {T}he study highlights once more the need for more community-wide approaches to plant-animal interactions.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{R}evue d'{E}cologie la {T}erre et la {V}ie},
  volume = {62},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {323--350},
  ISSN = {0249-7395},
  year = {2007},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002164},
}