1. Source of the Matertal and Sample Collection.- 2. Introduction.- 3. General Part.- Fruit and seed types.- Factors influencing the presence of plants.- Seasonality of flowering and fruiting.- Dispersal methods.- Hydrochory (rain wash, floating fruits and seeds, submerged transport of diaspores in the water, dispersal by the sea).- Anemochory.- Autochory and explosively dispersed seeds.- Dispersal by fish (ichthyochory).- Dispersal by reptiles (saurochory).- Dispersal by birds (ornithochory).- Dispersal by mammals (mammaliochory except chiropterochory).- Dispersal by bats (chiropterochory).- Dispersal by ants (myrmecochory).- Protection against predation.- Mechanical protection.- Chemical protection.- Nutritional aspects.- Escape in space and time.- Coevolution of plants and animals.- Germination and establishment.- Seed size.- Latency and viability.- Germination.- Vivipary.- 4. Results.- Description of the families studied concerning fruit and seed outer and inner structure, dispersal methods, fruiting time, height of the tree, number of individuals, and special habitat.- Acanthaceae.- Anacardiaceae.- Annonaceae.- Apocynaceae.- Araliaceae.- Bignoniaceae.- Bixaceae.- Bombacaceae.- Boraginaceae.- Burseraceae.- Capparidaceae.- Caryocaraceae.- Celastraceae.- Cochlospermaceae.- Combretaceae.- Dichapetalaceae.- Ebenaceae.- Elaeocarpaceae.- Euphorbiaceae.- Flacourtiaceae.- Guttiferae.- Hernandiaceae.- Hippocrateaceae.- Humiriaceae.- Lacistemaceae.- Lauraceae.- Lecythidaceae.- Leguminosae (Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Papilionaceae).- Linaceae.- Malpighiaceae.- Melastomaceae.- Meliaceae.- Moraceae.- Myristicaceae.- Myrtaceae.- Nyctaginaceae.- Ochnaceae.- Olacaceae.- Opiliaceae.- Palmae.- Polygonaceae.- Quiinaceae.- Rhamnaceae.- Rhizophoraceae.- Rosaceae.- Rubiaceae.- Rutaceae.- Sabiaceae.- Sapindaceae.- Sapotaceae.- Simaroubaceae.- Sterculiaceae.- Tiliaceae.- Verbenaceae.- Violaceae.- Vochysiaceae.- Unidentified species without family.- Number of species and individuals studied and their height categories.- Number of species and individuals studied and their dispersal methods.- Plant families and their dispersal methods related to the height categories.- Important characteristics of certain families, genera or species and their number of individuals.- Fruiting times and dispersal mechanisms.- Anemochory.- Autochory.- Auto-zoochory.- Zoochory.- Fruiting times at different heights (A-a-aa) of the forest.- Families, dispersal types and fruiting times.- Geographical distribution, habitats and fruiting times.- Animal life and forest layering (Ground animals, tree animals, aquatic animals).- Seasonality of animal life in the forest.- Dispersal methods in dry and humid regions.- Forest layering and dispersal strategies.- Proportion of fleshy to dry fruits in the different strata.- Monochory and polychory.- Species diversity and series of species.- Refuge theory.- Number of individuals and height categories in homogeneous groups.- Evolutionary considerations.- Forest stratification and the evolution of the heightening forest.- Comparison of bark, leaf and fruit structure in the families studied.- Usefulness of tropical fruits and seeds.- Final Conclusions.- Index of Vernacular Plant and Animal Names.- Index of Scientific Plant and Animal Names.- General Index.
