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Age ratio in groups of a social ungulate affects epizoochorous dispersal and diaspore exchanges

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animal‐mediated seed dispersal is a key process in plant population dynamics, species distribution and ecosystem functioning. As long‐distance dispersal agents, ungulates help to maintain native plant populations facing abiotic changes in their habitat and habitat fragmentation or habitat loss.
Antoine Roux, Cloé Balson, Morgane Audiguier, Marie Battista, Didier Marcon, Olivier Pays, Christophe Baltzinger   +6 more
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Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs [PDF]

, 2018
Endozoochory plays a prominent role for the dispersal of seed plants, and dispersal vectors are well known. However, for taxa such as ferns and bryophytes, endozoochory has only been suggested anecdotally but never tested in controlled experiments.
Boch, Steffen, Knop, Eva, Türke, Manfred, Berlinger, Matthias, Prati, Daniel, Fischer, Markus, Nentwig, Wolfgang   +6 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.
Sánchez, Ana M., Peco Vázquez, Begoña
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Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
As habitats change, the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal increasingly depends on animal responses to altered structure and resources. With habitat loss and degradation accelerating across the tropics, understanding how dispersers' foraging behavior and movement influence seed removal and deposition is critical to promoting forest ...
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on the Role of Endozoochory in Seed Germination

, 2007
Acknowledgements. We are grateful to the organizers of the Symposium for all their efforts and help, and to Andrew Dennis, Eric Cosyns and Jordi Figuerola for useful comments on the manuscript. This chapter is framed within project CGL2004–04884-CO2–01/BOS, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science awarded to A.T.
A. Traveset, A. W. Robertson, J. Rodríguez-Pérez   +2 more
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Population recovery of an endangered macaw enhances long‐distance seed dispersal via stomatochory

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal by large, mobile vertebrates plays a key role in shaping plant spatial dynamics and community structure. However, how variation in animal population size influences the magnitude and spatial scale of seed dispersal remains poorly understood.
Giulyana A. Benedicto, Erica C. Pacífico, Mathias M. Pires   +2 more
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Cotton facilitates long‐distance seed dispersal by functioning as nest material for birds

Oikos, EarlyView.
Cotton (Cossypium) fibres, which grow naturally in bolls around the seeds of cotton plants, have been used for centuries to produce fabric. The presumed natural function of cotton is that these lightweight and fluffy fibres may support wind dispersal of the seeds inside.
Roos van der Meer, Lotte L. Koot, Elke Molenaar, Andries K. Janse van Vuuren, Ara Monadjem, Kat Bebbington, Sjouke A. Kingma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A step into the shadows: Evolutionary shifts in fruit structure and dispersal strategies in Asian mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
This study examines how the fruits of non‐photosynthetic forest plants in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) have evolved into the diversity observed today. By analyzing four Asian species, we identified a shift from dry, dehiscent fruits that release seeds into the air to fleshy, berry‐like fruits adapted for animal dispersal.
Alexey N. Sorokin, Kenji Suetsugu, Olga V. Yatsenko, Mikhail S. Romanov, Nikita S. Zdravchev, Petr S. Iovlev, Anton S. Timchenko, Anna A. Mikhaylova, Kirill V. Kuptsov, Alexey V. F. Ch. Bobrov   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ducks across the pond ‐ challenges and opportunities for collaboration between North America and Europe

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract Many waterfowl species and closely related congeners are shared across the Holarctic, and are culturally and economically important in both North America and Europe. Accordingly, both continents have developed science and management frameworks in an attempt to establish evidence‐based conservation practices for this guild of birds.
Kevin M. Ringelman, Céline Arzel, Tom C. Cameron, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Pär Söderquist, Iben Hove Sørensen, Matthieu Guillemain   +7 more
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Neglected seed dispersers and research compartmentalisation: how much do we know about what we don't know?

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Geographic distribution of seed dispersal studies by disperser guild. Summary Seed dispersal is critical for long‐term ecosystem resilience. However, excessive compartmentalisation of research into particular disperser guilds (e.g. birds) hampers our understanding of their relative contributions to overall seed dispersal, risking erroneous conclusions ...
Sara Beatriz Mendes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Alistair G. Auffret, Irene Castañeda, Andy J. Green, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Christophe Baltzinger, Ádám Lovas‐Kiss, Isabel Donoso, Ricardo Soares, Ruben Heleno   +10 more
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