The synergistic effects of habitat loss and climate change are altering landscape connectivity and species movements. This raises the concern that non-random extinction of mobile species may have considerable functional impacts that have remained unstudied because of the challenges of studying movement in the field. The overall goal of this dissertation is to investigate the causes and consequences of the movement of the Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Greater Calakmul Region, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. In particular, my focus was on the functional role of tapirs as long distance seed dispersers. I found that, contrary to previous studies, tapirs are effective dispersers of Manilkara zapota (zapote) seeds in this region. This is the ...
Large frugivores play an important role as seed dispersers and their extinction may affect plant reg...
Abstract: Seed dispersal by animals influences plant recruitment depending on the number of disperse...
Movement of organisms is a key process in ecology, as it enables colonization and gene flow. The ong...
Tapirs are one of the last extant megafauna species that survived the Pleistocene extinctions. Given...
Although many large mammals currently face significant threats that could lead to their extinction, ...
Background: Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack ...
Background Animal movement is a key ecological process that is tightly coupled to l...
Hunting pressure, fragmentation and deforestation have caused global declines in animal abundance, a...
Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack detailed emp...
The Baird’s tapir, the largest terrestrial mammal in Central America and a crucial seed disperser an...
This thesis aimed to assess the ecological factors that determine the long-term persistence and viab...
The forests of southeastern Amazonia are highly threatened by disturbances such as fragmentation, un...
The connectivity between habitat patches or between populations indicates the potential for transfer...
1. Large animals provide crucial seed dispersal services, yet face continued threats and are suscept...
The historical and contemporary loss of large-bodied frugivores has disrupted many plant-disperser m...
Large frugivores play an important role as seed dispersers and their extinction may affect plant reg...
Abstract: Seed dispersal by animals influences plant recruitment depending on the number of disperse...
Movement of organisms is a key process in ecology, as it enables colonization and gene flow. The ong...
Tapirs are one of the last extant megafauna species that survived the Pleistocene extinctions. Given...
Although many large mammals currently face significant threats that could lead to their extinction, ...
Background: Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack ...
Background Animal movement is a key ecological process that is tightly coupled to l...
Hunting pressure, fragmentation and deforestation have caused global declines in animal abundance, a...
Functional redundancy has been debated largely in ecology and conservation, yet we lack detailed emp...
The Baird’s tapir, the largest terrestrial mammal in Central America and a crucial seed disperser an...
This thesis aimed to assess the ecological factors that determine the long-term persistence and viab...
The forests of southeastern Amazonia are highly threatened by disturbances such as fragmentation, un...
The connectivity between habitat patches or between populations indicates the potential for transfer...
1. Large animals provide crucial seed dispersal services, yet face continued threats and are suscept...
The historical and contemporary loss of large-bodied frugivores has disrupted many plant-disperser m...
Large frugivores play an important role as seed dispersers and their extinction may affect plant reg...
Abstract: Seed dispersal by animals influences plant recruitment depending on the number of disperse...
Movement of organisms is a key process in ecology, as it enables colonization and gene flow. The ong...