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The seed bank created by the dung of large herbivores drives seed circulation in an alpine meadow

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Seed circulation (i.e., sexual reproduction) is vital for the regeneration of aboveground grassland vegetation (AGV). It occurs in several steps: seed production (seed rain, SR), dispersal (endozoochory, i.e., dung seed bank, DSB), formation of the soil seed bank (SSB), germination, seedling growth, and establishment of adult plants.
Shulin Wang, Fujiang Hou
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Vascular epiphytes in a remnant of seasonal semideciduous forest in zona da mata of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2014
This study was performed in a remnant of Seasonal Semideciduous Forest at Fazenda Fortaleza de Sant'Anna, in the municipality of Chácara, Minas Gerais, Brazil (22.0129S, 43.8628W), in an area of ca. 1 ha, via monthly expeditions throughout the year 2012.
Daniel Elias Ferreira Barbosa, Geicilaine Alves Basílio, Fernando Rodrigues da Silva, Luiz Menini Neto   +3 more
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Novel Hydrurus species (Chrysophyceae) and their adaptations to high‐altitude European and Arctic snowfields

Journal of Phycology, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 818-845, June 2026.
Abstract Colored snow caused by green algae (Chlorophyceae) is well known, but melting snowpacks can also harbor golden‐brown blooms consisting of Chrysophyceae. We collected 14 samples of cryoflora in the Austrian and Swiss Alps, the High Tatras in Slovakia, and in Arctic Svalbard. Eight laboratory unicellular flagellated strains were established from
Lenka Procházková, Robert A. Andersen, Thomas Leya, Tomáš Řezanka, Martin Lukeš, Linda Nedbalová, Daniel Remias   +6 more
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How are pollination and seed dispersal modes in Cerrado related to stratification? Trends in a cerrado sensu stricto woodland in southeastern Brazil, and a comparison with Neotropical forests

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2018
A comprehensive census of a hectare of cerrado s.s. in southeastern Brazil, a small-tree and scrub woodland physiognomy, allowed the evaluation of whether pollination and dispersal modes are correlated with the stratification of the vegetation and if so,
Gerhard Gottsberger, Ilse Silberbauer-Gottsberger   +1 more
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Functional traits predict changes in floral phenology under climate change in a highly diverse Mediterranean community

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1270-1285, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants are shifting their flowering phenology in response to climate change, but trends differ between species and communities. Functional traits can largely explain how different species respond to climate change by shifting their phenology, and can therefore help ...
Daniel Pareja‐Bonilla, Pedro Luis Ortiz, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato, Montserrat Arista   +3 more
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Landscape features predict broad‐scale seed rain patterns across fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.
Along with precipitation, forest cover emerges as a fundamental driver of alpha and beta diversity in the seed rain. This highlights the role of habitat amount at the landscape level over patch‐level features, like patch size, for seed dispersal. However, increased seed density can be related to higher dispersal rates in forest borders.
Luís Felipe Daibes, Haldre S. Rogers, Fulbert J. K. Gnonlonfoun, Talita Zupo, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Daniella Vinha, Débora Cristina Rother, Paulo Alves Almeida Junior, Angela Luciana de Avila, José Marcos Barbosa, Romualdo Morelatto Begnini, Antonio Jorge Tourinho Braga, Marcos Vinicius Wincker Caldeira, Elivane Salete Capellesso, Andre Targa Cavassani, Eliana Cazetta, Ricardo Gomes Cesar, Marilena Menezes Silva Conde, Cléber Covre, Henrique Machado Dias, Pavel Dodonov, Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira, Cintia Gomes Freitas, Milena Gama, Gerhard Gottsberger, Flavia Moraes de Jesus, Carlos Alfredo Joly, Ute Christiane Knörr, Sustanis Horn Kunz, Vinícius Londe, Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano Marangon, Luiz Carlos Marangon, Fabiana Maraschin‐Silva, Marcia C. M. Marques, Adriana Maria Zanforlin Martini, Valéria Forni Martins, Larissa Lopes Mellinger, Luís Fernando Tavares de Menezes, Sandra Bos Mikich, Luiz Fernando Duarte de Moraes, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento, Marcelo Augusto Meratti de Oliveira, Monique Perini, Julia Fleming Pimentel, Daniel Piotto, Rita de Cássia Quitete Portela, Janaine Isabela da Silva Rocha, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero, Amanda Souza dos Santos, Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos, Jaqueline Pêgo Quintino Santos, Nelson Augusto Santos Junior, Tanise Luisa Sausen, Carlos Rodrigues da Silva, Joselane Príscila Gomes da Silva, Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro, Luiz Roberto Zamith, Leticia Bolian Zimback, Raquel Fernandes Zorzanelli, Victor Pereira Zwiener, Renato Augusto Ferreira de Lima, Luís Fábio Silveira, Marco Aurélio Pizo   +63 more
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Seed dispersal of wild radishes and its association with within-population spatial distribution

BMC Ecology, 2020
Background The wild radishes, Raphanus raphanistrum and R. pugioniformis (Brassicaceae) are native to the East Mediterranean region. However, whereas R. raphanistrum is widely distributed worldwide, the endemic R.
J. Ziffer-Berger, Y. Waitz, E. Behar, O. Ben Joseph, L. Bezalel, H. Wasserstrom, P. K. Bajpai, S. Bhattacharya, F. Przesdzink, E. Westberg, K. Mummenhoff, O. Barazani   +11 more
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Local Context Matters: Site‐Dependent Functional and Ecological Responses to Woody Encroachment

Journal of Vegetation Science, Volume 37, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
We analysed the effects of woody encroachment on plant functional traits, functional diversity indices and ecological and disturbance indicator values in sub‐Mediterranean calcareous grasslands of the northern Iberian Peninsula. Higher woody cover was associated with shifts in community functional strategies and indicator values, as well as with ...
Sara Sánchez‐Carmona, Juan Antonio Campos, Itziar García‐Mijangos, Asun Berastegi   +3 more
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The Biology, Ecology, Distribution and Management of Two Globally Invasive Weeds: Calotropis procera (Calotrope) and Calotropis gigantea (Giant Calotrope)

Weed Research, Volume 66, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Calotropis procera and C. gigantea are emerging as globally invasive plants that can significantly alter ecosystems in areas where they have escaped from attended cultivation. Without effective management, these species can form dense monospecific stands, resulting in severe economic, environmental and social impacts.
Jason Roberts, Kunjithapatham Dhileepan, Singarayer Florentine   +2 more
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