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Unlikely allies: Camel crickets play a role in the seed dispersal of an Asian autotrophic shrub

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Dust seeds, which are minute and contain minimal energy reserves, are often associated with heterotrophy (plants that obtain carbon without photosynthesis). Consequently, previous studies have mainly focused on the relationships
Kenji Suetsugu, Hirokazu Tsukaya
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Antbears and underground melons: A highly specialized seed dispersal mutualism mediated by scent

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Seed dispersal is critical for the establishment and persistence of populations of most plant species. We investigated the seed dispersal biology of an African melon, Cucumis humifructus, which is closely related to cultivated ...
Steven D. Johnson, Anka Eichhoff, Jeremy J. Midgley   +2 more
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Complementarity of epi‐ and endozoochory of plant seeds by free ranging donkeys

Ecography, 2005
Epizoochory and endozoochory are well‐recognized long‐distance seed dispersal mechanisms, yet their relative importance has hardly been studied before. Here, epi‐ and endozoochory were compared on donkeys foraging in a species‐rich 100 ha coastal dune ecosystem, through in vitro germination of zoochorous material obtained by fur brushing and dung ...
Martine Couvreur, Eric Cosyns, Martin Hermy, Maurice Hoffmann   +3 more
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Experimental Endozoochory of Cannabis sativa Achenes.

Medical cannabis and cannabinoids
The mechanism by which Cannabis sativa dispersed from its center of origin remains an open question. The literature provides many hypotheses, which we review for the first time, but experiments are few. Darwin was interested in zoochory - the transport of plants by animals.
John M, McPartland, Steve G, Naraine
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Relationships between Prosopis flexuosa (Fabaceae) and cattle in the Monte desert: Seeds, seedlings and saplings on cattle-use site classes Interacciones entre Prosopis flexuosa (Fabaceae) y el ganado en el desierto de Monte: Semillas, plántulas y renovales en los sitios de uso del ganado

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2011
The fate of Prosopis flexuosa seeds dispersed by cattle is dependant on the spatial pattern of dung deposition and foraging movements. We hypothesised that cattle-use site classes explain the response variables related to seed input and fate of seeds ...
CLAUDIA M CAMPOS, VALERIA E CAMPOS, ARNALDO MONGEAUD, CARLOS E BORGHI, CLAUDIA DE LOS RÍOS, STELLA M GIANNONI   +5 more
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Editorial: Animal-Mediated Dispersal in Understudied Systems

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, José L. Tella, Andy J. Green   +2 more
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A new hypothesis for the importance of seed dispersal in time

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011
Most studies on seed dispersal in time have focused on seed dormancy and the physiological triggers for germination. However, seed dispersed by animals with low metabolic and moving rates, and long gutpassage times such as terrestrial turtles, could be ...
Adriana Guzmán, Pablo R. Stevenson
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Context-dependent plant-bird interactions shape polychory across the antagonism-mutualism continuum. [PDF]

Commun Biol
Hernández-Brito D, Hiraldo F, Izquierdo-Palma J, Tella JL, Carrete M.   +4 more
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Putative 'Dispersal Adaptations' Do Not Explain the Colonisation of a Volcanic Island by Vascular Plants, but Birds Can. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Wasowicz P, Lovas-Kiss Á, Szabó N, Green AJ.   +3 more
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Berry Batesian mimicry enables bird dispersal of asexual bulbils in a yam. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Chen Z, Chomicki G, Li Y, Peng X, Chen G.   +4 more
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