TABLE 2.
Summary table listing all seeds that were identified to the species level along with their taxonomic family, dispersal syndrome (using criteria from Table 1), total seeds dispersed across all fecal samples (n = 207), the percent of all seeds dispersed that the species represents, the number of samples they are present in, and their frequency of occurrence.
| Seed species dispersed summary table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syndromes and species | Taxonomic family | Number of samples present in | Frequency of occurrence | Number of intact seeds dispersed | Percent of all intact seeds dispersed |
| Anemochory | — | 4 | 1.93% | 33 | 0.24% |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Poaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 2 | 0.01% |
| Casuarina equesitifolia | Casuarinaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 30 | 0.22% |
| Schizachyrium gracile | Poaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Autochory | — | 159 | 76.81% | 6267 | 46.13% |
| Buchnera americana | Orobanchaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1000 | 7.36% |
| Chamaecrista deeringiana | Fabaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Chamaecrista nictitans var aspera | Fabaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.04% |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Euphorbiaceae | 8 | 3.86% | 68 | 0.50% |
| Euphorbia heterophylla | Euphorbiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.01% |
| Euphorbia hirta | Euphorbiaceae | 60 | 28.99% | 3373 | 24.83% |
| Euphorbia hypericifolia | Euphorbiaceae | 29 | 14.01% | 1407 | 10.36% |
| Indigofera spicata | Fabaceae | 17 | 8.21% | 65 | 0.48% |
| Indigofera suffruticosa | Fabaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 5 | 0.04% |
| Leucaena leucocephala | Fabaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Malvastrum coromandelianum | Malvaceae | 6 | 2.90% | 12 | 0.09% |
| Melanthera parvifolia | Asteraceae | 4 | 1.93% | 13 | 0.10% |
| Piloblephis rigida | Lamiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Richardia grandiflora | Rubiaceae | 19 | 9.18% | 240 | 1.77% |
| Richardia scabra | Rubiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.03% |
| Vachellia farnesiana | Fabaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.01% |
| Waltheria indica | Malvaceae | 5 | 2.42% | 68 | 0.50% |
| Endozoochory | — | 105 | 50.72% | 3709 | 27.30% |
| Byrsonima lucida | Malpighiaceae | 7 | 3.38% | 563 | 4.14% |
| Cassytha filiformis | Lauraceae | 3 | 1.45% | 3 | 0.02% |
| Coccothrinax argentata | Arecaceae | 3 | 1.45% | 41 | 0.30% |
| Guettarda scabra | Rubiaceae | 3 | 1.45% | 63 | 0.46% |
| Lantana camara | Verbenaceae | 9 | 4.35% | 60 | 0.44% |
| Metopium toxiferum | Anacardiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Miconia bicolor | Melastomataceae | 5 | 2.42% | 1129 | 8.31% |
| Momordica charantia | Cucurbitaceae | 3 | 1.45% | 24 | 0.18% |
| Morinda royoc | Rubiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Mosiera longipes | Myrtaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 1000 | 7.36% |
| Opuntia austrina | Cactaceae | 12 | 5.80% | 272 | 2.00% |
| Physalis walterii | Solanaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 10 | 0.07% |
| Sabal palmetto | Arecaceae | 17 | 8.21% | 48 | 0.35% |
| Serenoa repens | Arecaceae | 35 | 16.91% | 477 | 3.51% |
| Vaccinium myrsinites | Ericaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 18 | 0.13% |
| Epizoochory | — | 35 | 16.91% | 240 | 1.77% |
| Desmodium incanum | Fabaceae | 8 | 3.86% | 55 | 0.40% |
| Desmodium triflorum | Fabaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.04% |
| Sida acuta | Malvaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.05% |
| Sida rhombifolia | Malvaceae | 8 | 3.86% | 51 | 0.38% |
| Sida ulmifolia | Malvaceae | 9 | 4.35% | 49 | 0.36% |
| Stylosanthes hamata | Fabaceae | 8 | 3.86% | 72 | 0.53% |
| Foliage is the Fruit | — | 203 | 98.07% | 3037 | 22.35% |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | Fabaceae | 43 | 20.77% | 791 | 5.82% |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | Poaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 17 | 0.13% |
| Dichanthelium aciculare | Poaceae | 122 | 58.94% | 2057 | 15.14% |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Poaceae | 8 | 3.86% | 50 | 0.37% |
| Eustachys petrea | Poaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 23 | 0.17% |
| Panicum maximum | Poaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 31 | 0.23% |
| Paspalum caespitosum | Poaceae | 5 | 2.42% | 6 | 0.04% |
| Paspalum malacophyllum | Poaceae | 6 | 2.90% | 28 | 0.21% |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Poaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Paspalum notatum | Poaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.04% |
| Paspalum setaceum | Poaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Rhynchospora floridensis | Cyperaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Rhynchospora grayii | Cyperaceae | 2 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.01% |
| Spermacoce verticillata | Rubiaceae | 5 | 2.42% | 18 | 0.13% |
| Tripsacum floridanum | Poaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.05% |
| Hydrochory | — | 3 | 1.45% | 89 | 0.66% |
| Cyperus filiculmis | Cyperaceae | 3 | 1.45% | 89 | 0.66% |
| Myrmecochory | — | 14 | 6.76% | 244 | 1.80% |
| Croton glandulosus var septentrionalis | Euphorbiaceae | 1 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.01% |
| Croton linearis | Euphorbiaceae | 4 | 1.93% | 23 | 0.17% |
| Piriqueta cistoides subsp caroliniana | Turneraceae | 3 | 1.45% | 195 | 1.44% |
| Turnera ulmifolia | Turneraceae | 6 | 2.90% | 24 | 0.18% |
| Synzoochory | — | 3 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Quercus pumila | Fagaceae | 3 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% |