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Endozoochory by slugs can increase bryophyte establishment and species richness
Oikos, 2014Herbivory can affect plant community composition and diversity by removing biomass and reducing light competition. Herbivory may particularly benefit low growing species such as bryophytes, which are frequently limited by light competition. Gastropods are important herbivores of seed plants and cryptogams, furthermore, they can disperse propagules such
Boch, Steffen +3 more
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On the evolutionary and ecological value of breaking physical dormancy by endozoochory
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2016Abstract Seed dispersal by animal vectors (endozoochory) is ubiquitous, significantly shaping plant communities. Plants that produce seeds with physical dormancy (PY), including many agriculturally and economically important species, constrain the timing of seed germination via impermeable seed coats.
Ganesh K. Jaganathan +2 more
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Functional traits of seeds dispersed through endozoochory by native forest ungulates
Journal of Vegetation Science, 2016AbstractAimsZoochory is a prominent dispersal process in a wide range of plant species. However, the extent to which the trait composition of dispersed seed assemblages differs from the regional assemblage remains untested, as does the extent to which sympatric native herbivores disperse traits non‐randomly.LocationLorris and Montargis forests, central
Picard, M. +4 more
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A data-driven simulation of endozoochory by ungulates illustrates directed dispersal
Ecological Modelling, 2012Abstract Large herbivorous mammals act as vectors of dispersal for many forbs and grasses through ingestion and excretion of seeds (endozoochory). Attributes from the plant, animal and landscape need to be integrated in order to study patterns of dispersal in the field, for instance, with respect to the spatial deposition of single plant species in ...
Bram D’hondt +4 more
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Endozoochory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) across a suburban/woodland interface
Forest Ecology and Management, 2008Abstract We examined the role of white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) in the dispersal of viable seeds in an intact forest bordered by medium-density housing in southern Connecticut. Estimated deer density on site was 23 deer/km 2 with higher local densities along the suburban/woodland interface. A total of 566 pellet groups were gathered in
Scott C. Williams +2 more
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بررسی رابطة خصوصیات مورفولوژیکی بذور گیاهان مراتع نیمهاستپی با Endozoochory
2015اندوزوخوری یکی از روشهای پراکنش بذر است. در این روش بذر از طریق گذر از سیستم گوارش دام انتقال و جوانهزنی و استقرار گیاهان افزایش مییابد. هدف از این مطالعه بررسی رابطه بین خصوصیات بذر و گذر از دستگاه گوارش دام به وسیلة حیوانات اهلی مختلف (گاو، گوسفند، و بز) در هفت گونه گراس چندساله، هشت گونه فورب چندساله، و سه گونه فورب یکساله در مراتع نیمهاستپی
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Angiosperm Endozoochory: Were Pterosaurs Cretaceous Seed Dispersers?
The American Naturalist, 1991Theodore H. Fleming, Karen R. Lips
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A review on the role of endozoochory in seed germination.
2007A. Traveset +2 more
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