Seed Dispersal

A Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti) taking a wild fig in Ivory Coast. These and other small fruit bats can account for up to 95% of first tree seeds brought into new clearings.

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A Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops franqueti) taking a wild fig in Ivory Coast. These and other small fruit bats can account for up to 95% of first tree seeds brought into new clearings.

1982 Africa Franquet's epauletted fruit bat Epomops franqueti Ivory Coast Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation Pteropodidae eating eating fig

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Seed Dispersal