Figure 5
From: Contribution of Vouacapoua americana fruit-fall to the release of biomass in a lowland Amazon forest
Examples of fruit-fall survey inclusion criteria. Not collected and not counted: (A) Fusaea longifolia (Annonaceae) rotten fruit: (B) Vatairea guianensis (Fabaceae) dried fruit. Counted: (C) Dipteryx odorata (Fabaceae) partially eaten and fresh counted not collected (partially eaten fruit was just counted); (D) Manilkara huberi (Sapotaceae) collected and counted, fresh fruits and seed collected to weigh; (E) Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae) counted and removed to avoid repetitive sampling; (F) Vouacapoua americana (Fabaceae) counted and removed. Germinating fruits not collected for weighing and also not counted in a second sampling.
