Pre- and Post-Hurricane Fruit Availability: Implications for Puerto Rican Parrots in the Luquillo Mountains

摘要

Fruit availability on 25 plant species, consumed or potentially consumed by the Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata), was studied to document the seasonal and annual variation in fruit production in With ripe fruit was evident, with a peak in October-Februry and a trough during June-July. About half the Plant species showed this annual fruiting cycle.