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Zoochorous dispersal of freshwater bivalves: an overlooked vector in biological invasions? [PDF]
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2017 Vectors that underpin the natural dispersal of invasive alien species are frequently unknown. In particular, the passive dispersal (zoochory) of one organism (or propagule) by another, usually more mobile animal, remains poorly understood.
Coughlan Neil E. +4 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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Trait-Based Selection of Seeds Ingested and Dispersed by North American Waterfowl [PDF]
PlantsThere are few studies on the extent to which waterfowl select plant food compared with what is available in wetland ecosystems. We used a new dataset on the presence of seeds in the alimentary canal or feces to identify flowering plant species whose ...
Bia A. Almeida +6 more
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EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Seed dispersal is a critical process in plant colonisation and demography. Fruits and seeds can be transported by several vectors (typically animals, wind and water), which may have exerted strong selective pressures on plant’s morphological traits.
Pablo Vargas, Ruben Heleno, José Costa
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Invertebrate dispersal by waterbird species in neotropical wetlands
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Endozoochory by waterbirds is particularly relevant to the dispersal of non-flying aquatic invertebrates. This ecological function exercised by birds has been demonstrated in different biogeographical regions, but there are no studies for the neotropical
G. G. Silva +3 more
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Seed dispersal by carnivores in temperate and tropical dry forests
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The seed dispersal mechanisms and regeneration of various forest ecosystems can benefit from the actions of carnivores via endozoochory. This study was aimed to evaluate the role of carnivores in endozoochory and diploendozoochory, as well as their ...
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo +4 more
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Are plant species able to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate? [PDF]
, 2013 Future climate change is predicted to advance faster than the postglacial warming. Migration may therefore become a key driver for future development of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Cunze, Sarah +2 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Endozoochorous seed dispersal by ungulates can facilitate the dispersal of seeds over long distances. Endozoochorous seed dispersal can also result in the ecological filtering of plant species by dispersing plant seeds with distinctive traits. The Korean
Seung-Kyung Lee, Youngil Ryu, Eun Ju Lee
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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.
Xenabeth A. Lázaro +2 more
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Place of the Dromedary in the Ecological Balance of Its Saharan Ecosystem
Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023 The dromedary is the only breeding species capable of adapting to the harshness of its desert environment. It manages to reproduce, making the most of the very meagre floristic resources of the Saharan ecosystem.
Abdelmadid Chehma +3 more
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