1. Acknowledgements

   Acknowledgments Pages: ix - ix

2. General introduction

   EditorialNotes Pages: xi - xii

3. Introduction

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 2 - 2

4. Specialized and generalized dispersal systems: where does ‘the paradigm’ stand?

   • Henry F. Howe

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 3 - 13

5. Quantity, quality and the effectiveness of seed dispersal by animals

   • Eugene W. Schupp

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 15 - 29

6. The population-dynamic functions of seed dispersal

   • D. L. Venable
   • J. S. Brown

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 31 - 55

7. Consumption of fruits of the Melastomataceae by birds: how diffuse is coevolution?

   • F. Gary Stiles
   • Loreta Rosselli

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 57 - 73

8. Speciation and coevolution: an interpretation of frugivory phenomena

   • P. Charles-Dominique

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 75 - 84

9. Geographical ecology and variation of plant-seed disperser interactions: southern Spanish junipers and frugivorous thrushes

   • Pedro Jordano

   Part 1: Historical and theoretical aspects of frugivory and seed dispersal Pages: 85 - 104

10. Introduction

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 106 - 106

11. Opportunism vs. specialization: the evolution of dispersal strategies in fleshy-fruited plants

    • T. H. Fleming
    • D. L. Venable
    • L. G. M. Herrera

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 107 - 120

12. Consequences for seed distributions of intra-crop variation in wing-loading of wind-dispersed species

    • Carol K. Augspurger
    • Susan E. Franson

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 121 - 132

13. Evolutionary ecology of mast-seeding in temperate and tropical oaks (Quercus spp.)

    • V. L. Sork

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 133 - 147

14. Aspects of variation in a neotropical seed dispersal system

    • Henry F. Howe

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 149 - 162

15. Fruit size in a tropical tree species: variation, preference by birds, and heritability

    • Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

    Part 2: Plant strategies Pages: 163 - 174

16. Introduction

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 176 - 176

17. Spatial distribution of understory fruit-eating birds and fruiting plants in a neotropical lowland wet forest

    • Bette A. Loiselle
    • John G. Blake

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 177 - 189

18. Weak interactions between avian and insect frugivores: the case of Pistacia terebinthus L. (Anacardiaceae)

    • A. Traveset

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 191 - 203

19. Ecological and behavioral consequences of digestion in frugivorous animals

    • Carlos Martínez del Rio
    • Carla Restrepo

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 205 - 216

20. The influence of seed packaging and fruit color on feeding preferences of American robins

    • K. G. Murray
    • K. Winnett-Murray
    • E. Meyers

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 217 - 226

21. The influence of pulp lipids on fruit preference by birds

    • E. W. Stiles

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 227 - 235

22. Seed dispersal versus seed predation: an inter-site comparison of two related African monkeys

    • Annie Gautier-Hion
    • Jean-Pierre Gautier
    • Fiona Maisels

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 237 - 244

23. Patterns of frugivore species richness and abundance in forest islands and in agricultural habitats at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

    • A. Estrada
    • R. Coates-Estrada
    • D. Curiel

    Part 3: Frugivore strategies Pages: 245 - 257

24. Introduction

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 260 - 260

25. Dispersal mode, seed shadows, and colonization patterns

    • M. F. Willson

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 261 - 280

26. The influence of seed dispersal mechanisms on the genetic structure of tropical tree populations

    • J. L. Hamrick
    • Darlyne A. Murawski
    • John D. Nason

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 281 - 297

27. Seed rain and advanced regeneration in a tropical rain forest

    • M. Martinez-Ramos
    • A. Soto-Castro

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 299 - 318

28. Monitoring seed dispersal at isolated standing trees in tropical pastures: consequences for local species availability

    • S. Guevara
    • J. Laborde

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 319 - 338

29. The role of seed dispersal in the natural regeneration of rain forest after strip-cutting in the Peruvian Amazon

    • David L. Gorchov
    • Fernando Cornejo
    • Margarita Jaramillo

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 339 - 349

30. Spatial scale and dispersion pattern of ant- and bird-dispersed herbs in two tropical lowland rain forests

    • C. C. Horvitz
    • J. Le Corff

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 351 - 362

31. Removal of seeds from frugivore defecations by ants in a Costa Rican rain forest

    • M. M. Byrne
    • D. J. Levey

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 363 - 374

32. Predation by vertebrates and invertebrates on the seeds of five canopy tree species of an Amazonian forest

    • J. Terborgh
    • E. Losos
    • M. Bolaños Riley

    Part 4: Consequences of seed dispersal Pages: 375 - 386