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Brazil nut seed-dispersal

Michael Rothman

CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental

CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
Campinas, Brazil

Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) removing seeds from a Brazil nut fruit. The agouti eats some of the seeds and buries the remaining seeds in a cache to be used for future consumption. Those seeds that are forgotten are the ones that germinate to form the next generation of trees.

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  • Title: Brazil nut seed-dispersal
  • Creator: Michael Rothman
  • Type: Painting
  • Original Source: The Lecythidaceae Pages
  • Rights: Some rights reserved
  • Licensing: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental

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