The percent seeds killed by pollinating agaonid wasps and their associated parasitic Hymenoptera in four species of Cos~d Rican deciduous forest fig trees averaged 41 to 77 percent in nine samples. No fig fruits lost less ...

Five large branches of a Cassia grandis tree were deflowered in its flowering year; the consequence was that 10-20 percent of the floweringfruiting capacity of the tree's crown was offset by one year from the tree's ...

The large ungerminated seeds of guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpum) and cacao trees (Cassia grandis) , and plastic buttons, were fed to a captive adult male Costa Rican Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdi) in artificial fruits, ...

Two female Costa Rican range cattle were fed 961 and 1407 large hard dormant seeds of the guanacaste tree Enterolobium cyclocarpum. Of the 823 and 1111 hard dormant seeds defecated, 66 and 86% had emerged by the end of ...

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