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. 2003 Nov 12;100(24):14052–14056. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2331023100

Table 1. Number of visits and number of Leptonychia seeds removed per tree by birds in small fragments (<35 ha) and continuous forest.

Visits per tree
Seeds removed per tree
Species Cont forest Fragments Cont forest Fragments
Striped-cheek greenbul (Andropadus milanjensis) 2.8 ± 0.5 0.7 ± 0.3 5.1 ± 1.0 1.3 ± 0.6
Shelley's greenbul (A. masukuensis) 1.6 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.8 1.0 ± 0.4
Olive thrush (Turdus abyssinicus) 0.8 ± 0.3 nr 1.9 ± 0.8 nr
Green-headed oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus) 0.4 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.8 0.5 ± 0.5
Waller's starling (Onychognathus walleri) 0.3 ± 0.3 nr 1.0 ± 0.8 nr
Tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) 0.3 ± 0.2 nr 0.6 ± 0.4 nr
Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri) 0.1 ± 0.1 nr 0.3 ± 0.3 nr
Dark-backed weaver (Ploceus bicolor) 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.1 x
Green barbet (Stactolaema olivacea) 0.1 ± 0.1 nr 0.1 ± 0.1 nr
Little greenbul (A. virens) 0.1 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 x 0.1 ± 0.1
Common bulbul (Pyconotus barbatus) nr 0.2 ± 0.1 nr 0.3 ± 0.2

Results are presented as means ± SE; data are based on 10 and 16 trees in small fragments and continuous (Cont) forest, respectively. Each of the 26 individual trees was watched for a single 12-hr day. Results remain consistent for 10 continuous forest trees with comparable crop sizes to those in fragments, with the exception that two dispersal agents (turaco and barbet) did not visit any of these 10 continuous forest trees during our focal watches. nr, Species not recorded at a site; x, no seeds removed.