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Internal transport of alien and native plants by geese and ducks: An experimental study [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Summary: Alien plant species are rapidly spreading in aquatic ecosystems around the world, causing major ecological effects.
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Ciência Rural, 2018 : The objective of this study was to evaluate endozoochory dispersal, recuperation, and germination of weedy rice (Oryza sativa L.) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli L.) seeds passed through the digestive system of cattle.
João Luis Carricio Viero +6 more
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An omnivorous mesopredator modifies predation of omnivore‐dispersed seeds
Ecosphere, 2021 Post‐dispersal seed predation is an important determinant of plant recruitment. Although many plant species are dispersed following consumption by omnivorous vertebrates, the potential for these dispersal agents to indirectly affect seed fate by ...
Savannah L. Bartel, John L. Orrock
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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 +6 more
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Mesopredator frugivory has no effect on seed viability and emergence under experimental conditions
Ecosphere, 2021 Members of the order Carnivora are a unique and important seed disperser who consume and deposit undamaged seeds while providing regular long‐distance seed dispersal opportunities.
John P. Draper +4 more
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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 +2 more
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Seed traits matter—Endozoochoric dispersal through a pervasive mobile linker
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Although many plants are dispersed by wind and seeds can travel long distances across unsuitable matrix areas, a large proportion relies on co‐evolved zoochorous seed dispersal to connect populations in isolated habitat islands.
Jonas Stiegler +9 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.
Berlinger, Matthias +6 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 +6 more
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Plants on the Move: Hitch-Hiking With Ungulates Distributes Diaspores Across Landscapes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 We here describe the multiple mechanisms by which ungulates distribute diaspores across landscapes. There are three primary and three secondary seed dispersal mechanisms by which ungulate dispersal agents contribute to the spread of plant diaspores, both
Christophe Baltzinger +4 more
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