The relationship between seedling recruitment (under and away from parent trees) and the behaviour of seed dispersers and predators, was explored in a three-year study in Kibale National Park, Uganda. On the basis of 1261 hours of observation, the foraging activity of the diurnal frugivores which fed on fruit from six tree species was quantified. The fate of dispersed and non-dispersed seeds an...

Schatz, G.E., P.P. Lowry II, H.N. Rakouth & R. Randrianaivo (2021). Taxonomic studies of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. VI. New species large trees Madagascar. Candollea 76: 201–236. In English, English and French abstracts. An ongoing revision Ebenaceae region has focused in particular on potentially vulnerable to illegal exploitation for their hardwood. Eighty two c. 255 L. M...

BACKGROUND Fruits of Mimusops kummel A. DC. (Sapotaceae) are traditionally used for the treatment of diarrhea. The present study aimed at investigating modes of actions of this fruits for antidiarrheal action to guide future drug development process. METHODS Fractions of chloroform, n-butanol, and water were obtained from 80% methanol extract, which was prepared by maceration. Antidiarrheal a...

Thirty years after selective timber harvest in the Kibale National Park, Uganda, many abandoned logging gaps are dominated by Acanthus pubescens, and show little forest recovery. To examine if this arrested successional state was caused by limited tree seedling growth and survival, we planted seedlings of four forest tree species (Albizia grandibracteata, Mimusops bagshawei, Prunus africana and...