Comparison Between Two Methods for Measuring Fruit Production in a Tropical Forest1
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We compared fruiting data derived simultaneously from fruit traps placed on the ground and from canopy-surveyed plots in a terra firme rain forest, Colombian Amazonia. Values derived from the canopy-surveyed plots were higher than fruit-trap estimates. Fruiting patterns obtained throughout both methods were not correlated. Our results showed that the fruit-trap method does not accurately reflect fruiting patterns occurring at the highest levels of the forest, while the canopy-surveyed plots provided both quantitative and qualitative information on canopy fruit production, and each species contribution.
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