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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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Endozoochory of Large Bryophyte Fragments by Waterbirds [PDF]
Cryptogamie, Bryologie, 2017 Peer ...
Dave Wilkinson +3 more
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Peduncles elicit large-mammal endozoochory in a dry-fruited plant [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2013 Plants have evolved a variety of seed dispersal mechanisms to overcome lack of mobility. Many species embed seeds in fleshy pulp to elicit endozoochory, i.e. disseminating seed through the animal gut. In contrast to well-studied fleshy fruited plants, dry-fruited plants may exploit this dispersal mutualism by producing fleshy appendages as a ...
Zhou, Y, Newman, C, Xie, Z, Macdonald, D
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Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines [PDF]
Journal of Avian Biology, 2013 Fruits and seeds are critical food sources for many European passerines during the autumn migration, which in turn contribute to disperse seeds either internally, i.e. after ingestion (endozoochory), or externally, when seeds adhere to the body surface (epizoochory).
Costa, José M. +10 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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Endozoochory by beetles: a novel seed dispersal mechanism [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2011 Due in part to biophysical sized-related constraints, insects unlike vertebrates are seldom expected to act as primary seed dispersers via ingestion of fruits and seeds (endozoochory). The Mediterranean parasitic plant Cytinus hypocistis, however, possesses some characteristics that may facilitate endozoochory by beetles. By combining a long-term field
Vega, Clara de +4 more
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Dispersal mechanisms in "Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata": autochory and endozoochory by sheep [PDF]
Seed Science Research, 2002 It is normally assumed that Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata (Miller) Samp. ex Rozeira (Labiatae) is dispersed by autochory in spite of the clear pioneer nature of the species. This paper examines the efficiency of autochorous dispersal (seed rain) and the possibility that the species is also dispersed endozoochorally by sheep.
Peco Vázquez, Begoña, Sánchez, Ana M.
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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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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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Diversity, 2023 The success of plant reproduction is highly dependent on effective seed dispersal. This study aimed to evaluate the potential seed dispersal effectiveness of cattle for Malus sieversii. The impact of cattle on the dispersal quantity and dispersal quality
Shilin Bai +4 more
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