Cymbopetalum baillonii

and Cymbopetalum baillonii (Annonaceae) were tested at the Los Tuxtlas rainforest in Mexico. Item removal from 108 experimental patches (N = 2340 fruits or seeds for each plant species tested) after 5 d was lower for F. yoponensis (6.6%) than for N. ambigens (68.8%), B. alicastrum (67.8%), C. baillonii (64.0%) and A. mexicanum (60.0%). No seeds of O. oleifera were removed. A higher fruit or seed removal was observed from high density than low density food patches in A. mexicanum, C. baillonii and N. More

Cymbopetalum baillonii, in which 56.3% of its seeds germinated but only half of these survived as seedlings (Fig. 2), factors other than germination may also be important. Figure 2 View larger version (13K): Fig. 2 Seedling survival as a function of seed germination in 11 tropical woody species in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. More