Evolutionary and ecological implications of primate seed dispersal

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1981 • 1,086 citations

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Quantity, quality and the effectiveness of seed dispersal by animals

1993 • 823 citations

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1985 • 649 citations

Frugivores and seed dispersal

1986 • 622 citations

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1984 • 574 citations

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1975 • 512 citations

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1983 • 484 citations

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1985 • 471 citations

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1995 • 449 citations

Ecological relationships of plants and animals

1988 • 398 citations

A Primate Radiation: Evolutionary Biology of the African Guenons

1989 • 374 citations

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1985 • 366 citations

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1985 • 339 citations

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1993 • 335 citations

Nature Conservation in Uganda's Tropical Forest Reserves

1991 • 335 citations

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1981 • 325 citations

Fission-fusion social organization inAteles andPan

1990 • 312 citations

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1985 • 310 citations

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1981 • 254 citations

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1992 • 251 citations

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1990 • 245 citations

Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates

1984 • 233 citations

Dietary and dental adaptations in the Pitheciinae

1992 • 232 citations

Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates

1984 • 228 citations

Primate Seed Dispersal: The Fate of Dispersed Seeds

1989 • 212 citations

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1993 • 200 citations

Seed dispersal by red howling monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) in the tropical rain forest of French Guiana

1996 • 194 citations

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1989 • 192 citations

Seed dispersal by forest chimpanzees in Uganda

1994 • 188 citations

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1989 • 171 citations

Diet of a group ofLagothrix Lagothricha Lagothricha in southeastern Colombia

1996 • 169 citations

Alternative seed-handling strategies in primates: seed-spitting by long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

1990 • 164 citations

Impact of Mammals on Early Recruitment of a Tropical Canopy Tree, Dipteryx panamensis, in Panama

1984 • 155 citations

Seed Removal and Seed Fate in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae)

1992 • 154 citations

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1994 • 150 citations

Frugivory and the fate of dispersed and non-dispersed seeds of six African tree species

1996 • 143 citations

Fruit eating and seed dispersal by howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

1984 • 143 citations

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1993 • 141 citations

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1994 • 139 citations

The ecology of seed dispersal in two species of callitrichid primates (Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis)

1986 • 134 citations

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1994 • 133 citations

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Seed Dispersal by Animals: A Role in Angiosperm Diversification?

1989 • 128 citations

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1990 • 125 citations

Feeding behavior of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalusin) the Amboseli National Park, Kenya

1982 • 121 citations

Seed dispersal by neotropical seed predators

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1993 • 117 citations

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1993 • 116 citations

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1991 • 112 citations

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1986 • 112 citations

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1985 • 111 citations

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1986 • 110 citations

The Sizes of Vertebrate-Dispersed Fruits: A Neotropical-Paleotropical Comparison

1993 • 105 citations

Seed dispersal by neotropical seed predators

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1994 • 103 citations

The chimpanzees of Kibale Forest

1984 • 101 citations

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1995 • 100 citations

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1978 • 87 citations

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

1993 • 81 citations

Lowland gorillas and seed dispersal: The importance of nest sites

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1986 • 70 citations

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1997 • 65 citations

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1982 • 64 citations

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1986 • 61 citations

Growth, development, and parental care in the western tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) in captivity: Evidence for a “slow” life-history and nonmonogamous mating system

1994 • 59 citations

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

1993 • 57 citations

Comparison of seed dispersal by guenons in Kenya and capuchins in Panama

1991 • 57 citations

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1988 • 56 citations

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1975 • 53 citations

The Diet and Dietary Habits of Forest Guenons

1988 • 53 citations

Seed dispersal by pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus): A preliminary report

1986 • 50 citations

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1981 • 45 citations

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

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Diet and Feeding Behaviour of Callicebus torquatus

1977 • 41 citations

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1997 • 38 citations

Shell strength and primate seed predation of nontoxic species in eastern and southern Africa

1993 • 34 citations

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF CHIMPANZEES IN THE KIBALE FOREST, UGANDA

1989 • 33 citations

Digestive Strategies, Fruit Processing, and Seed Dispersal in the Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes) and Redtail Monkeys (Cercopithecus Ascanius) of Kibale National Park, Uganda

1997 • 31 citations

Census and preliminary observations on the ecology of the black‐faced black spider monkey (Ateles paniscus chamek) in Manu National Park, Peru

1986 • 30 citations

La dissémination des graines par les Cercopithécidés forestiers africains

1984 • 23 citations

Dispersal of Stemmadenia donnell-smithii by Birds and Monkeys

1979 • 17 citations

Seed Dispersal of Stemmadenia (Apocynaceae) and Sexually Dimorphic Feeding Strategies by Ateles in Tikal, Guatemala

1981 • 13 citations