Restoration legacy, forest cover and elevation shape frugivory in a tropical landscape https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.694937v1
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Restoration legacy, forest cover and elevation shape frugivory in a tropical landscape https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.694937v1
Restoration legacy, forest cover and elevation shape frugivory in a tropical landscape https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.694937v1
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Restoration legacy, forest cover and elevation shape frugivory in a tropical landscape https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.18.694937v1
📢Winners of the 2024 Journal of Zoology Paper of the Year award📢
Saima Shikesho, Jeremy Midgley, Eugene Marais & Steve Johnson, with their paper
'Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert'
doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Saima Shikesho, Jeremy Midgley, Eugene Marais & Steve Johnson, with their paper
'Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert'
doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢Winners of the 2024 Journal of Zoology Paper of the Year award📢
Saima Shikesho, Jeremy Midgley, Eugene Marais & Steve Johnson, with their paper
'Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert'
doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Saima Shikesho, Jeremy Midgley, Eugene Marais & Steve Johnson, with their paper
'Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara melon in the Namib Desert'
doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Very proud of @acabral-bio.bsky.social and @yuansoup.bsky.social for defending their PhD theses at Leipzig Uni. Both experts in #frugivory, and #trait-based #ecology and #evolution! @idiv-research.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very proud of @acabral-bio.bsky.social and @yuansoup.bsky.social for defending their PhD theses at Leipzig Uni. Both experts in #frugivory, and #trait-based #ecology and #evolution! @idiv-research.bsky.social
I was reading a paper about 'ethanol consumption via frugivory in wild chimpanzees', basically a paper about chimps getting ripshit eating old pomegranates, and when I hit the word 'frugivore' I was Iike ah yes the world has prepared me to understand the root word 'vore'
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I was reading a paper about 'ethanol consumption via frugivory in wild chimpanzees', basically a paper about chimps getting ripshit eating old pomegranates, and when I hit the word 'frugivore' I was Iike ah yes the world has prepared me to understand the root word 'vore'
🧩🔀Comparing the power of phylogenetic, trait and network structure information to predict plant–frugivore interactions
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#Frugivory #LinkPrediction #Mutualism #MutualisticNetwork #SeedDispersal
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#Frugivory #LinkPrediction #Mutualism #MutualisticNetwork #SeedDispersal
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🧩🔀Comparing the power of phylogenetic, trait and network structure information to predict plant–frugivore interactions
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#Frugivory #LinkPrediction #Mutualism #MutualisticNetwork #SeedDispersal
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#Frugivory #LinkPrediction #Mutualism #MutualisticNetwork #SeedDispersal
Looks like frugivory but it's actually granivory
Parece frugivoría pero en realidad es granivoría
Parece frugivoría pero en realidad es granivoría
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Looks like frugivory but it's actually granivory
Parece frugivoría pero en realidad es granivoría
Parece frugivoría pero en realidad es granivoría
… but in reading the linked news article re: crocodilian frugivory, one of the included examples is our old neighbor Elvis, “World’s Crankiest Croc” www.news.com.au/national/elv...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
… but in reading the linked news article re: crocodilian frugivory, one of the included examples is our old neighbor Elvis, “World’s Crankiest Croc” www.news.com.au/national/elv...
🍐🦊Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
📷 © Tamara Burgos
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#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
📷 © Tamara Burgos
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#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🍐🦊Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
📷 © Tamara Burgos
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#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
📷 © Tamara Burgos
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#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
Frugivory (fruit feeding) by Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) considered rare but I have seen a number of episodes at 7 different trees. Here taking Macaranga heynei (Blue Mahang) fruit.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Frugivory (fruit feeding) by Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) considered rare but I have seen a number of episodes at 7 different trees. Here taking Macaranga heynei (Blue Mahang) fruit.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
these birds lived in europe and north america during the eocene, represented by the genera messlastur and tynskya. if they are indeed close relatives of parrots, it could suggest an ancestrally carnivorous state for psittaciformes, with frugivory and herbivory evolving later
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
these birds lived in europe and north america during the eocene, represented by the genera messlastur and tynskya. if they are indeed close relatives of parrots, it could suggest an ancestrally carnivorous state for psittaciformes, with frugivory and herbivory evolving later
Funston - oviraptorosaur frugivory
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November 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Funston - oviraptorosaur frugivory
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🌳🦊 Nuestro nuevo artículo en @oikosjournal.bsky.social muestra cómo la recuperación del lince está reconfigurando las interacciones ecológicas.
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🌳🦊 Nuestro nuevo artículo en @oikosjournal.bsky.social muestra cómo la recuperación del lince está reconfigurando las interacciones ecológicas.
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
“frugivory” = new term to me. thank you! exciting that it applies to our area too (zone 11). my partner eats fruit almost exclusively, she’s our frugivore rep.
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“frugivory” = new term to me. thank you! exciting that it applies to our area too (zone 11). my partner eats fruit almost exclusively, she’s our frugivore rep.
📰Published📰 Ecological function over evolutionary legacy: the limited role of shared evolutionary history in shaping modern frugivory interactions🍎
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Ecological function over evolutionary legacy: the limited role of shared evolutionary history in shaping modern frugivory interactions
Lisieux Fuzessy, Miguel Verdú, Marco Aurelio Pizo This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Tropical forests are very biodiverse ecosystems,…
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October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📰Published📰 Ecological function over evolutionary legacy: the limited role of shared evolutionary history in shaping modern frugivory interactions🍎
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Meer dan 20 jaar lang bewaarde ik deze posters over mijn promotieonderzoek in het oerwoud van Frans Guyana.
Nu gooi ze ze weg - ik doe er immers niets mee. #ontspullen
Een heldhaftige overwinning van mijn ratio op het zogenaamde bezitseffect, het IKEA-effect én mijn emotionele gehechtheid. 🥲
Nu gooi ze ze weg - ik doe er immers niets mee. #ontspullen
Een heldhaftige overwinning van mijn ratio op het zogenaamde bezitseffect, het IKEA-effect én mijn emotionele gehechtheid. 🥲
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Meer dan 20 jaar lang bewaarde ik deze posters over mijn promotieonderzoek in het oerwoud van Frans Guyana.
Nu gooi ze ze weg - ik doe er immers niets mee. #ontspullen
Een heldhaftige overwinning van mijn ratio op het zogenaamde bezitseffect, het IKEA-effect én mijn emotionele gehechtheid. 🥲
Nu gooi ze ze weg - ik doe er immers niets mee. #ontspullen
Een heldhaftige overwinning van mijn ratio op het zogenaamde bezitseffect, het IKEA-effect én mijn emotionele gehechtheid. 🥲
🧬 New Publication Alert!
It all began with a squirrel eating papaya — and a simple question: who else visits these fruits? 🌴
From garden curiosity to fieldwork in Taiwan’s pineapple farms with eDNA.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#eDNA #Frugivory #MolecularEcology #Papaya #Pineapple #Biodiversity
It all began with a squirrel eating papaya — and a simple question: who else visits these fruits? 🌴
From garden curiosity to fieldwork in Taiwan’s pineapple farms with eDNA.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#eDNA #Frugivory #MolecularEcology #Papaya #Pineapple #Biodiversity
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧬 New Publication Alert!
It all began with a squirrel eating papaya — and a simple question: who else visits these fruits? 🌴
From garden curiosity to fieldwork in Taiwan’s pineapple farms with eDNA.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#eDNA #Frugivory #MolecularEcology #Papaya #Pineapple #Biodiversity
It all began with a squirrel eating papaya — and a simple question: who else visits these fruits? 🌴
From garden curiosity to fieldwork in Taiwan’s pineapple farms with eDNA.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#eDNA #Frugivory #MolecularEcology #Papaya #Pineapple #Biodiversity
Chimpanzee wine moms?
"The ... dosage for a 35.9-kg female ... is the mass equivalent of 2.6 standard drinks (±1.7) daily for a 70-kg human"
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"The ... dosage for a 35.9-kg female ... is the mass equivalent of 2.6 standard drinks (±1.7) daily for a 70-kg human"
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
Natural daily consumption of dietary alcohol by chimpanzees suggests human attraction to alcohol may come from our ancestral diet.
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Chimpanzee wine moms?
"The ... dosage for a 35.9-kg female ... is the mass equivalent of 2.6 standard drinks (±1.7) daily for a 70-kg human"
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"The ... dosage for a 35.9-kg female ... is the mass equivalent of 2.6 standard drinks (±1.7) daily for a 70-kg human"
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
Chimpanzees typically eat ~4.5 kilograms of fruit per day, corresponding to an estimated ethanol ingestion of 14 grams (±9), or the equivalent of 1.4 (±0.9) standard drinks by international standards.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees typically eat ~4.5 kilograms of fruit per day, corresponding to an estimated ethanol ingestion of 14 grams (±9), or the equivalent of 1.4 (±0.9) standard drinks by international standards.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
Chimpanzees typically eat ~4.5 kilograms of fruit per day, corresponding to an estimated ethanol ingestion of 14 grams (±9), or the equivalent of 1.4 (±0.9) standard drinks by international standards.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees typically eat ~4.5 kilograms of fruit per day, corresponding to an estimated ethanol ingestion of 14 grams (±9), or the equivalent of 1.4 (±0.9) standard drinks by international standards.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site Ecol&Evol
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site Ecol&Evol
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site
We report that five songbird species forage on the fruits of two Mediterranean plants, Prasium majus and Rhamnus alaternus, during a main spring stopover in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Analyses of faecal con...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
From the current WJO issue: Frugivory in the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus elegans). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
From the current WJO issue: Frugivory in the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus elegans). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
Natural daily consumption of dietary alcohol by chimpanzees suggests human attraction to alcohol may come from our ancestral diet.
www.science.org
September 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[JUST PUBLISHED]
After a long delay and coming out a bit outdated, here is a book chapter on
"Frugivory and seed dispersal in tropical urban areas: a review"
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
After a long delay and coming out a bit outdated, here is a book chapter on
"Frugivory and seed dispersal in tropical urban areas: a review"
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Tropical Urban Areas: A Review
The diversity of fruits and frugivorous species is especially high in tropical regions where frugivory and seed dispersal interactions are particularly critical for the structure and functioning of terrestrial communities. However, the increasing urbanization in...
link.springer.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
[JUST PUBLISHED]
After a long delay and coming out a bit outdated, here is a book chapter on
"Frugivory and seed dispersal in tropical urban areas: a review"
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
After a long delay and coming out a bit outdated, here is a book chapter on
"Frugivory and seed dispersal in tropical urban areas: a review"
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Last week a paper came out, showing that chimpanzees daily consume significant amounts of alcohol. A thread where I walk through why the paper matters, then the paper itself.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Last week a paper came out, showing that chimpanzees daily consume significant amounts of alcohol. A thread where I walk through why the paper matters, then the paper itself.