Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Survival of Afrotropical primary forests depends not only on habitat protection but also on the protection of animal species such as frugivorous primates, recognized as the most important seed dispersers for many plants. Here we investigate seed-dispersal services by the bonobo (Pan paniscus) in an...
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| author | David Beaune François Bretagnolle Loïc Bollache Chloé Bourson Gottfried Hohmann Barbara Fruth |
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| description | Survival of Afrotropical primary forests depends not only on habitat protection but also on the protection of animal species such as frugivorous primates, recognized as the most important seed dispersers for many plants. Here we investigate seed-dispersal services by the bonobo (Pan paniscus) in an evergreen lowland tropical rain forest of the Congo Basin. In the long-term research site of LuiKotale, we investigated food habits and seed processing based on 22 mo of behavioural observation, seed trial experiment and long-term daily GPS tracking of a habituated ape community. Bonobos were mainly frugivores (66% of all feeding sessions), spending about 3.5 h d-1 swallowing seeds that were transported for an average of 24 h in the gut. On average, an individual bonobo dispersed 172 kg y-1of seeds (or 220,000 seeds y-1) of more than 91 plant species by endozoochory over an average distance of 1.2 km from the parent tree. Passed seeds germinated more rapidly, more successfully and had greater post-dispersal survival than unpassed seeds. Bonobo-dispersed plants accounted for 40% of tree species and 65% of individual trees in the study site (12 1-ha plots census). Since bonobos show little functional overlap with other frugivores, the loss of their seed-dispersal services is likely to affect forest structure and dynamics. Our results justify description of the threatened bonobo as a gardener of the Congo forest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b9fe45a56e69406a89138ad3f0f3572a2025-01-30T10:02:25ZengSociété Francophone de PrimatologieRevue de Primatologie2077-37572014-03-01510.4000/primatologie.1641Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus)David BeauneFrançois BretagnolleLoïc BollacheChloé BoursonGottfried HohmannBarbara FruthSurvival of Afrotropical primary forests depends not only on habitat protection but also on the protection of animal species such as frugivorous primates, recognized as the most important seed dispersers for many plants. Here we investigate seed-dispersal services by the bonobo (Pan paniscus) in an evergreen lowland tropical rain forest of the Congo Basin. In the long-term research site of LuiKotale, we investigated food habits and seed processing based on 22 mo of behavioural observation, seed trial experiment and long-term daily GPS tracking of a habituated ape community. Bonobos were mainly frugivores (66% of all feeding sessions), spending about 3.5 h d-1 swallowing seeds that were transported for an average of 24 h in the gut. On average, an individual bonobo dispersed 172 kg y-1of seeds (or 220,000 seeds y-1) of more than 91 plant species by endozoochory over an average distance of 1.2 km from the parent tree. Passed seeds germinated more rapidly, more successfully and had greater post-dispersal survival than unpassed seeds. Bonobo-dispersed plants accounted for 40% of tree species and 65% of individual trees in the study site (12 1-ha plots census). Since bonobos show little functional overlap with other frugivores, the loss of their seed-dispersal services is likely to affect forest structure and dynamics. Our results justify description of the threatened bonobo as a gardener of the Congo forest.https://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/1641africaCongo basinforest ecologylong-distance dispersalseed dispersalseed rain |
| spellingShingle | David Beaune François Bretagnolle Loïc Bollache Chloé Bourson Gottfried Hohmann Barbara Fruth Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) Revue de Primatologie africa Congo basin forest ecology long-distance dispersal seed dispersal seed rain |
| title | Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) |
| title_full | Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) |
| title_fullStr | Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) |
| title_short | Les services écologiques des bonobos (Pan paniscus) |
| title_sort | les services ecologiques des bonobos pan paniscus |
| topic | africa Congo basin forest ecology long-distance dispersal seed dispersal seed rain |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/1641 |
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