Seed and Fruit Removal by a Native Rodent in a Seasonally Dry Forest in Northwestern Madagascar
ABSTRACT In a seasonal dry forest in Madagascar, we used camera traps to observe seed and fruit removal of 19 plant species. Macrotarsomys ingens , a native rodent, conducted most of the removals, with a preference for certain plant species, and provided the first evidence of scatter‐hoarding by rodents in Madagascar.
Authors
- Hiroki Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2290-2286)
- Kaoru Kitajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6822-8536)
- Ryunosuke Okawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1038-3024)
- Jean de la Croix Rakotoarimanana
Institutions
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developpement Rural (MG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biotropica
- Published
- 2025-11-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70134
- Primary Topic
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science