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Amy-Leigh Wilson, Auteur ; Adam Shuttleworth, Auteur ; Colleen T. Downs, AuteurThere is a paucity of studies investigating the digestive efficiencies of avian frugivores fed fibrous (also referred to as woolly) aril pulp. We fed whole Strelitzia nicolai seeds with arils to captive Red-winged Starlings (Onychognathus morio)[...]
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Amy-Leigh Wilson, Auteur ; Colleen T. Downs, AuteurAvian frugivores may select fruit based on their seed loads and pulp-to-seed ratios, and this may have important implications for their role as seed dispersal agents. Consequently, the effect of different seed packaging was investigated in two r[...]
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Amy-Leigh Wilson, Auteur ; Colleen T. Downs, AuteurFleshy-fruited plants and frugivores share a mutualistic relationship with plants offering the frugivores a reward of fleshy fruit pulp in order to disperse their seeds. However, all fruits are not equal in terms of energy available to frugivore[...]
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James Wakelin, Auteur ; Amy-Leigh Wilson, Auteur ; Colleen T. Downs, AuteurDans Ostrich (84(3) 2013)Blue Swallows Hirundo atrocaerulea are Critically Endangered within South Africa. They nest in natural underground holes in mist-belt grasslands. Temperature dataloggers were used to record ground cavity nest (T-n) and ambient temperature (T-a) [...]
