Effects of bear endozoochory on germination and dispersal of huckleberry in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBerries are a staple of bear diets during late summer and fall in the southern Rocky Mountains, enabling bears to build up fat reserves and prepare to enter torpor during winter. In turn, bears can benefit fruiting shrubs through dispersal of their seeds.
Aza Fynley Kuijt +2 more
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Inferring Endozoochory From Ingestion to Germination Through Biological Filters: Brown Bear Feces as a Case Study [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDiaspore (e.g., seed and spore) dispersal is recognized as a key mechanism in plant dynamics, including endozoochory, which can be a risky journey for diaspores. Endozoochory is achieved when diaspores are consumed and may germinate after the mastication,
Grégoire Pauly +7 more
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Invasive Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia (Asteraceae) Is Halotolerant and Has High Potential for Dispersal by Endozoochory [PDF]
PlantsButtonweed (Cotula coronopifolia) is native to South Africa but invasive in wetlands in Europe, North America, and Australasia, where it excludes native plants.
Raúl Sánchez-García +4 more
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Effects of endozoochory and diploendozoochory by captive wild mammals on Juniperus deppeana seeds [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Carnivorous mammals disperse seeds through endozoochory and diploendozoochory. The former consists of ingestion of the fruit, passage through the digestive tract, and expulsion of the seeds, a process that allows scarification and dispersal of the seeds ...
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Birds are known to act as potential vectors for the exogenous dispersal of bryophyte diaspores. Given the totipotency of vegetative tissue of many bryophytes, birds could also contribute to endozoochorous bryophyte dispersal.
Roy Mackenzie +2 more
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Urbanization and Habitat Diversity Promote Endozoochorous Seed Dispersal by Raccoon Dogs Within Forest Fragments in Tokyo [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUrbanization affects biodiversity and essential ecological functions, such as animal‐mediated seed dispersal. Novel urban habitats introduce environmental heterogeneity that alters the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal.
Harsh Yadav +3 more
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Plant traits associated with seed dispersal by ducks and geese in urban and natural habitats [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Ducks and geese are little studied dispersal vectors for plants lacking a fleshy fruit, and our understanding of the traits associated with these plants is limited.
Pál Tóth +4 more
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Seed Size, Not Dispersal Syndrome, Determines Potential for Spread of Ricefield Weeds by Gulls [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Recent field data suggest that migratory gulls disperse many rice field weeds by gut passage (endozoochory), most of which are dry fruited and widely assumed to have no long-distance dispersal mechanisms, except via human activity.
Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez +8 more
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Reproductive Biology and Germination Ecology of Phytolacca acinosa in Its Secondary Range [PDF]
PlantsPhytolacca acinosa Roxb., a perennial herb native to East Asia, is increasingly naturalizing in Europe, yet its reproductive ecology in the secondary range remains poorly understood.
Aleksandra V. Stogova +6 more
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Seed Dispersal as a Multiphase Process: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Vectors Across Ecological Gradients [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSeed dispersal is a dynamic process through which diaspores (seeds or seed‐bearing fruits) are detached from the mother plant, transported to different sites in the landscape that offer physical protection, competitive advantages, or lower predation risk.
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo +4 more
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