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<journal-id>1659-4266</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-4266</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1659-42662021000100003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22458/urj.v13i1.3171</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El zorro gris pampeano (Lycalopex gymnocercus) como dispersor de las semillas de mora (Morus nigra)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duarte Baschini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Candela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[M. Dellafiore]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Departamento de Ciencias Naturales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Córdoba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Departamento de Ciencias Naturales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Córdoba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN. Introducción: En los bosques serranos de Córdoba, Argentina, los zorros (Lycalopex gymnocercus) incluyen en su dieta frutos de especies exóticas como la mora (Morus nigra), una especie invasora originaria de Asia.  Objetivo:  Conocer si las semillas de mora sufren daños en el tracto digestivo de los zorros, y si esto afecta su viabilidad, poder de germinación, inicio y tasa de germinación.  Métodos:  Recolectamos semillas de zarzamora en el campo y de heces frescas de zorros cautivos, seleccionando al azar 300 semillas por tratamiento que mantuvimos en germinador a 25 ° C. El criterio de germinación fue la salida de la radícula.  Resultados:  Todas las semillas extraídas de las heces estaban sanas. El inicio de la germinación ocurrió el mismo día en ambos tratamientos, aunque las tasas de germinación fueron mayores para las semillas extraídas directamente de los frutos.  Conclusiones:  A pesar de daños menores a las semillas, el zorro es un dispersor de semillas de mora.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ ABSTRACT. &#8220;The pampean gray fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) as disperser of blackberry seeds (Morus nigra)&#8221;.  Introduction:  In the mountain forests of the Córdoba, Argentina, foxes (Lycalopex gymnocercus) include in their diet fruits of exotic species such as blackberries (Morus nigra), an invasive species native of Asia.  Objective:  To learn if blackberry seeds suffer damage in the digestive tract of foxes, and if this affects the viability, germination power, onset and germination rate.  Methods:  Blackberry seeds were collected in the field and from fresh feces of captive foxes; 300 seeds were randomly selected per treatment and kept in a germinator at 25 ° C. The germination criterium was the emergence of the radicle.  Results:  All the seeds extracted from the feces were healthy. The onset of germination occurred on the same day in both treatments, even though germination rates were higher for the seeds extracted directly from the fruits.  Conclusions:  Despite minor damage to the seeds, the fox is a disperser of blackberry seeds.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lycalopex gymnocercus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gray fox]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Morus nigra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[blackberry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[endozoochory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dispertion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lycalopex gymnocercus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[zorro]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Morus nigra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mora]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[endozoocoria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dispersión]]></kwd>
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