Cover Illustration: Artibeus lituratus, the great fruit bat, feeding on the infructescences of Cecropia sp. Species of
Artibeus are important dispersers of Cecropia. Morphological and anatomical study has revealed that the dispersal
unit of Cecropia is the entire fruit, not just the seed. Bats consume the fleshy floral parts surrounding the fruits and
disperse the fruits. See Lobova et al.: Cecropia as a food resource for bats in French Guiana and the significance
of fruit structure in seed dispersal and longevity, pp.
388-403 in this issue. Photo credit: Merlin D. Tuttle.
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