Marcia Carolina MunozSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)

Marcia Carolina MunozassociatedPartyMatthias SchleuningCo-owner2017-04-10Fruit removal. This data set was collected during the period February-November 2012 along an altitudinal gradient in the Andes of Colombia (Cordillera Central, in Risaralda). We established ten plots (100 x 20 m), each plot was separated of each other 100 m elevation, from 1,800 m up to 2,700 m above sea level. In each plot, we marked and identified each individual plant bearing ripe fruits and recorded the number of fruits that were removed by seed-dispersing birds and seed-dispersal mammals such as the squirrels. The observations took place in the morning, from 6:30 to 12:30, for five consecutive days, accumulating 30 hours of observation. The plots were visited twice in the rainy season (May and November) and twice in the dry season (February and August), accumulating a total of 120 hour of observation. Fruit removal was the total number of fruits removed by all frugivores on each individual plant across the four surveys in 2012. The data contains the taxonomy of the plants, shrubs and trees. Crop size is the number of ripe fruits of each plant. We collected between 10-30 ripe fruits from one to three individuals per species and measured the fruit length and obtain an average per specie. We gathered roughly 6 g of dried ripe pulp per plant species to analyze the nutritional content of pulp such as sugar, lipids and phenols. We estimated two indices that measure the relation pulp/seeds, RY: dry mass of pulp/ wet mass of pulp, and PTS: dry mass of pulp/total dry mass of seeds per fruit. This data was used to identify the most important plant traits to attract frugivorous animals and promote seed dispersal in the Andes.This data can be used only for academic purposes. If you are interested in having this data, please contact Marcia Carolina Munoz: marcarmu@gmail.com or Matthias Schleuning: matthias.schleuning@senckenberg.debirds and squirrelsfruit morphoogyfruit nutritional contentfruit removalplant traitsThis data was published in Basic and Applied Ecology, and the title "Positive relationship between fruit removal by animals and seedling recruitment in a tropical forest". Authors: Marcia C. Muñoz, H. Martin Schaefer, Katrin Böhning-Gaesea & Matthias Schleuning. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.03.001Obtain permission from data set owner(s)The elevational gradient covered two protected areas, the National Park Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún Quimbaya (489 ha) and the Regional Park, Ucumarí (3,980 ha).-75.5667-75.56674.71674.71672012-02-012012-12-03MatthiasSchleuningSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)

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The observations across the year had the same sampling effort, one observer per plot, for five consecutive days, in four months across the year. To estimate fruit removal, we measured the fruit consumption rate per minute and the foraging time per visit of each frugivore on each individual plant.

attached_fileNot authorized to access resourceOther timeslices monthly The observations took place every three months in the forest.