By providing a higher amount of food, a higher fruit crop size represents a better opportunity for foraging of
frugivorous birds.
Dietary overlap between
frugivorous birds and bats in the Peruvian Amazon.
Overfishing disrupts an ancient mutualism between
frugivorous fishes and plants in Neotropical wetlands.
We collected samples from 1,736 (43.2%)
frugivorous bats (family Pteropodidae) of 12 species and 2,199 (54.7%) insectivorous bats (7 families) of [greater than or equal to] 27 species.
He added that from the few studies that have been done on fecal samples and gut contents, it is known that the primary fruiting trees consumed by
frugivorous monitors are Pandanus and Canarium.
Infestation by
frugivorous flies occurred in 14 of the 26 sampled hosts: acerola, caja, cashew, star fruit, guava, papaya, "Haden", "Tommy Atkins" and "Rosa" mango, palm, pitanga, quiabento, seriguela and umbu.
Egyptian fruit bats are
frugivorous, consuming large amounts of fruit each night.
The Megachiroptera are
frugivorous bats and can cover a distance of 50 km in search of food in a single night (van der Pijl, 1957).
As happens for most of
frugivorous flies, depending on the hosts, some species prevail over others in terms of number of individuals.