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Can plant traits predict seed dispersal probability via red deer guts, fur, and hooves?
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Seed dispersal by mammals provides functional connectivity between isolated plant habitat patches. Across much of Europe, red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations are growing steadily, potentially leading to increasing importance of this large mammal ...
Tanja K. Petersen, Hans Henrik Bruun
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Endozoochory of seeds and invertebrates by migratory waterbirds in Oklahoma, USA
Limnetica, 2013 Peer ...
Green, Andy J. +4 more
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Experimental quantification of long distance dispersal potential of aquatic snails in the gut of migratory birds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Many plant seeds and invertebrates can survive passage through the digestive system of birds, which may lead to long distance dispersal (endozoochory) in case of prolonged retention by moving vectors.
Casper H A van Leeuwen +3 more
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Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement This study illuminates the underappreciated role of invertebrates in seed dispersal, extending beyond the well‐documented contributions of ants. Focusing on Monotropastrum humile (銀竜草 [silver dragon plant] or 水晶蘭 [crystal orchid]
Kenji Suetsugu +2 more
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2004 Los escasos trabajos de interacción planta-herbívoro en ambientes severos han concluido que los herbívoros tienen un rol menor sobre el proceso de colonización en los estados tempranos de la sucesión.
JUAN M. HENRÍQUEZ
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Zoochorous dispersal of freshwater bivalves: an overlooked vector in biological invasions?
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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A Comprehensive Model for the Quantitative Estimation of Seed Dispersal by Migratory Mallards
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Long-distance seed dispersal is an important ecosystem service provided by migratory animals. Plants inhabiting discrete habitats, like lakes and wetlands, experience dispersal limitation, and rely heavily on zoochory for their spatial population ...
Erik Kleyheeg +5 more
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Inter-Annual Variation in Characteristics of Endozoochory by Wild Japanese Macaques
PLoS ONE, 2014 Endozoochory is important to the dynamics and regeneration of forest ecosystems. Despite the universality of inter-annual variation in fruit production, few studies have addressed the sign (seed predation versus seed dispersal) and strength (frequency and quantity) of fruit-frugivore interaction and the effectiveness of endozoochory in response to the ...
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Driver's Seat: Understanding Divergent Zoochorous Dispersal of Propagules
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The functional role, relative importance, and the spatial and temporal parameters of different vector species, which underpin the passive dispersal (zoochory) of organisms (or their propagules), are frequently poorly understood. Accordingly, a conceptual
Neil E. Coughlan +9 more
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Evolution Letters, 2020 Despite being one of the most diverse families, scant attention has been paid to the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae, owing to the widely accepted notion that wind dispersal is the dominant strategy.
Kenji Suetsugu
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