Frugivory and seed dispersal in the endemic cactus Eulychnia acida: extending the anachronism hypothesis to the Chilean Mediterranean ecosystem

Abstract Background: Eulychnia acida is an endemic Chilean cactus species whose fruits show several traits that, taken as a whole, are compatible with a seed dispersal syndrome by large herbivore vertebrates. Since only a few large native mammals exist in Chile at present, cactus fruit consumption...

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Autores principales: Cares,Rocío A., Sáez-Cordovez,Consuelo, Valiente-Banuet,Alfonso, Medel,Rodrigo, Botto-Mahan,Carezza
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2018000100401
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