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Abstract
Seed dispersal agents of the world's cycads are poorly known. Animal interactions with cycad seeds are likely responsible, at least in part, for the current distribution of cycad populations. Long-distance seed dispersal and the subsequent speciation of closely related forms among extant cycads are probably the result of avian interactions. A theoretical framework is discussed and anecdotal observations are presented in order to develop a profile for dispersal agents of Mexican cycads.