FOR201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rafflesia, Arthropod, Flagship Species
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For210h1: lecture 4 - tropical forest vertebrates and invertebrates, overview of. A cause could be hunting as a food source. Large difference between primates in the neotropics and paleotropics. They"re one of the most diverse groups of primates. Evolutionarily branched off from monkeys millions of years ago. Can be very abundant, include howler monkeys. Florivorous/ nectivorous: means consuming flowers and nectar. Keeping precious species organized for grumpy scientists. Some primates are more-or-less generalists, though there are important keystone resources and also some primates have more specialized habitat requirements. Keystone resources: are resources that have large effects on the environment, and are usually consumed by keystone species. There are not many predators in the tropics. Leopards are the only large predators in central/ west africa. There has been convergent evolution of sunbirds in the paleotropics. Sunbirds have a similar life-form to hummingbirds, but are unable to hover. Paleotropical flowers with bird pollination syndrome tend to have a perch .
