期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
卷 39, 期 3, 页码 427-442出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-018-0049-3
关键词
Primate conservation; Reforestation; Regeneration; Seed fate; Tropical forest
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资金
- IDRC grant Climate change and increasing human-wildlife conflict: How to conserve wildlife in the face of increasing conflicts with landowners
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Kyoto University
Primate seed dispersal is a vital, but complex, ecological process that involves many interacting agents and plays important roles in the maintenance of old-growth forest, as well as in the development of regenerating forest. Focusing primarily on African examples, in this article we briefly review the ecological process of primate seed dispersal, highlighting understudied and contentious topics, and then we discuss how our knowledge on primate seed dispersal can promote both forest restoration and primate conservation. Though it is frequently claimed that primates are critically important for the maintenance of diverse tropical forest ecosystems, we believe that more empirical evidence is needed to support this claim. Confounding factors can often be difficult to rule out and long-term studies extending beyond the seedling or sapling stage are very rare. In addition, though primates are critical for initial seed dispersal of many tree species, spatial and temporal variation in post-deposition processes, such as secondary seed dispersal and predation by rodents, can dramatically alter the initial patterns generated by primates. However, given the need for immediate conservation action to prevent further primate extinctions, we advocate that the knowledge about primate seed dispersal be used in formulating informed conservation plans. One prominent area where this knowledge will prove extremely valuable is in forest restoration efforts. To aid in the development of such efforts, we pose five questions, the answers to which will help facilitate forest restoration becoming a useful tool in strategies designed to conserve primates.
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