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Endozoochory by free-ranging, large herbivores: Ecological correlates and perspectives for restoration

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2005
Seed dispersal via ingestion and defecation by large herbivores provides a possible aid for ecological restoration of plant communities, by connecting source communities of target species with habitat restoration sites. It is also a possible threat due to invasion of weeds, grasses or exotic species.
Mouissie, Albert M, Vos, P, Verhagen, H M C, Bakker, J P   +3 more
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Carnivorans

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Seed dispersal is critical to the ecological performance of sexually reproducing plant species and the communities that they form. The Mammalian order Carnivora provide valuable and effective seed dispersal services but tend to be overlooked in much of ...
John P. Draper, John P. Draper, Julie K. Young, Julie K. Young, Eugene W. Schupp, Eugene W. Schupp, Noelle G. Beckman, Noelle G. Beckman, Trisha B. Atwood, Trisha B. Atwood   +9 more
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Optimal methods for fitting probability distributions to propagule retention time in studies of zoochorous dispersal [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Propagule retention time is a key factor in determining propagule dispersal distance and the shape of “seed shadows”. Propagules dispersed by animal vectors are either ingested and retained in the gut until defecation or attached externally
Figuerola, Jordi, Santamaría, Luis, Viana, Duarte S.   +2 more
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Endozoochory decreases environmental filtering imposed to seedlings

Journal of Vegetation Science, 2012
AbstractQuestionsRecruitment microsites are imposed on plants, first by seed dispersal and then by the environment. Different seed dispersal vectors could decrease or increase the environmental filtering imposed on seedlings, depending on their specificity to deliver seeds to suitable microsites for germination and establishment.
Cavallero, Laura, Aizen, Marcelo Adrian, Raffaele, Estela   +2 more
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Effects of Aeschynomene histrix Poir. seed treatment on germination

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2021
Description of the subject. Poor germination associated with physical dormancy was experienced in the legume Aeschynomene histrix Poir. seeds and can reduce the establishment and growth of this species. Objectives. To evaluate the effects of different
Sébastien Adjolohoun, Dourossimi Adam Adenile, Marcel Houinato   +2 more
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Anthropogenic seed dispersal: rethinking the origins of plant domestication

, 2020
It is well documented that ancient sickle harvesting led to tough rachises, but the other seed dispersal properties in crop progenitors are rarely discussed. The first steps toward domestication are evolutionary responses for the recruitment of humans as
Spengler, R.
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Seed Dispersal Spectrum of Woody Species in South Ecuadorian Dry Forests: Environmental Correlates and the Effect of Considering Species Abundance [PDF]

, 2011
This study examines the seed dispersal spectrum of the tropical dry forests of Southern Ecuador, in an effort to contribute to the knowledge of the complex dynamics of tropical dry forests.
Cruz Rot, Marcelino de la, Jara-Guerrero, Andrea K., Méndez, Marcos   +2 more
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Potential dispersal of aquatic snails by waterbird endozoochory in neotropical wetlands

Biota Neotropica, 2022
Abstract Waterbird-mediated zoochory is one of the main ecological mechanisms by which non-flying freshwater invertebrates can disperse between isolated wetlands. Passive dispersal through gut passage inside waterbirds (endozoochory) may explain how many organisms spread in the landscape.
Luiz C. Barboza, Giliandro G. Silva, Andy J. Green, Leonardo Maltchik, Cristina Stenert   +4 more
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Darwin’s Digestion Myth: Historical and Modern Perspectives on Our Understanding of Seed Dispersal by Waterbirds

Seeds
Internal transport (endozoochory) and external transport (epizoochory) by migratory waterbirds are key mechanisms of long-distance dispersal for seeds and other diaspores of plants lacking a fleshy fruit.
Andy J. Green, David M. Wilkinson
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Is fern endozoochory widespread among fern-eating herbivores?

Plant Ecology, 2015
Endozoochory is an important dispersal mechanism for seed plants and has recently been demonstrated to occur also in spore plants, such as ferns, which are commonly consumed by herbivores. However, it is not known whether fern species from particular habitats are differentially preferred by herbivores and whether their spores differ in their ability to
Steffen Boch, Matthias Berlinger, Daniel Prati, Markus Fischer   +3 more
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