botany, genetics and ethnobotany a crossed investigation on the elusive tapirs diet in french guiana植物学、遗传学和人类植物学交叉调查在法属圭亚那难以捉摸的貘的饮食.pdfVIP

Botany, Genetics and Ethnobotany: A Crossed Investigation on the Elusive Tapir’s Diet in French Guiana 1 2,3 1,4 4 2 Fabrice Hibert *, Daniel Sabatier , Judith Andrivot , Caroline Scotti-Saintagne , Sophie Gonzalez , ´ 2 5 ´ 6 7 ´ 1 Marie-Franc¸oise Prevost , Pierre Grenand , Jerome Chave , Henri Caron , Cecile Richard-Hansen 1 Direction Etudes et Recherches Guyane, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Kourou, French Guiana, France, 2 Herbier de Guyane, UMR AMAP, IRD, Cayenne, French Guiana, France, 3 UMR AMAP, IRD, Montpellier, France, 4 UMR 0745 EcoFoG, INRA, Kourou, French Guiana, France, 5 UPS 3188 IRD, OHM Oyapock du ´ ´ ´ CNRS, Cayenne, French Guiana, France, 6 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique, UMR 5174 CNRS, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, 7 INRA, Universite de Bordeaux, UMR1202 BIOGECO, Cestas, France Abstract While the populations of large herbivores are being depleted in many tropical rainforests, the importance of their trophic role in the ecological functioning and biodiversity of these ecosystems is still not well evaluated. This is due to the outstanding plant diversity that they feed upon and the inherent difficulties involved in observing their elusive behaviour. Classically, the diet of elusive tropical herbivores is studied through the observation of browsing signs and macroscopic analysis of faeces or stomach contents. In this study, we illustrate that t