However, co-occurrence patterns on burned sites were random, indicating absence of competition at fine spatial scales due to differential habitat use within the burned landscape.
Secondly, the wildlife has to compete with the surrounding agriculture for the habitat.
The reserve includes 640 ha of lowland tropical rain forest surrounded by a mosaic of disturbed habitats and secondary forest.
This is also unlikely as these amoebae were collected at the same place, in the same habitat and over a short period.
From this and other studies it is clear that habitat heterogeneity is an important factor that allows coexistence of closely related tropical plants.
The role of habitat complexity and heterogeneity in structuring tropical mammal communities.
As a result, seed removal was equally low among habitats (nearly 26%), high percentages of seeds dropping below tree crowns.
These species also occupy different habitats (intestine and stomach, respectively) and thus their co-occurrence is very possible.
