Table 3 Nr of Amazonian tree species per dispersal category by family

From: Pollination and dispersal networks in the Amazonian tree flora

Family

Endozoochory

Anemochory

Synzoochory

Explosive.dehiscence

Hydrochory

Unassisted

Myrmecochory

Epizoochory

shannon index

# dispersal types

Fabaceae

363

192

52

98

116

18

6

0

1.511

7

Lauraceae

324

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0.135

2

Annonaceae

256

0

7

8

0

0

0

0

0.252

3

Rubiaceae

222

88

0

2

1

1

0

0

0.670

5

Sapotaceae

214

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0.030

2

Myrtaceae

192

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.000

1

Melastomataceae

184

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.173

2

Euphorbiaceae

139

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0.042

2

Chrysobalanaceae

129

0

73

0

0

0

0

0

0.654

2

Burseraceae

101

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.000

1

  1. Last two columns give diversity of dispersal type, expressed as Shannon index, and the number of dispersal types found in the family. Table is ordered in flower-visitor interactions. Full family list in Supplementary Table 10.