Epizoochory in Parrots as an Overlooked Yet Widespread Plant–Animal Mutualism [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Plant–animal interactions are key to sustaining whole communities and ecosystem function. However, their complexity may limit our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the species involved.
Dailos Hernández-Brito +11 more
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Estimated epizoochory seed dispersal distances by grazing yak across seasons in an alpine meadow [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionEpizoochorous dispersal of grassland plants by large herbivores is an important way by which grassland plants achieve population expansion over long distances. However, little is known about the maximum distance that seeds can be dispersed by
Shulin Wang +3 more
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Can plant traits predict seed dispersal probability via red deer guts, fur, and hooves? [PDF]
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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Measuring short distance dispersal of Alliaria petiolata and determining potential long distance dispersal mechanisms [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Introduction Alliaria petiolata, an herbaceous plant, has invaded woodlands in North America. Its ecology has been thoroughly studied, but an overlooked aspect of its biology is seed dispersal distances and mechanisms.
Christopher A. Loebach +1 more
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EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Seed dispersal is a critical process in plant colonisation and demography. Fruits and seeds can be transported by several vectors (typically animals, wind and water), which may have exerted strong selective pressures on plant’s morphological traits.
Pablo Vargas, Ruben Heleno, José Costa
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Species-specific interactions in avian–bryophyte dispersal networks [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Studies from seed plants have shown that animal dispersal fundamentally alters the success of plant dispersal, shaping community composition through time. Our understanding of this phenomenon in spore plants is comparatively limited.
Matthew W. Chmielewski, Sarah M. Eppley
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Seed Size, Not Dispersal Syndrome, Determines Potential for Spread of Ricefield Weeds by Gulls [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Recent field data suggest that migratory gulls disperse many rice field weeds by gut passage (endozoochory), most of which are dry fruited and widely assumed to have no long-distance dispersal mechanisms, except via human activity.
Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez +8 more
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High potential of sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands for sheep epizoochory
Open Life Sciences, 2016 There is a general decline of grasslands across Europe due to habitat loss and degradation. Ensuring plant dispersal thus becomes a key process for preserving grassland patches in all scales.
Kaligarič Mitja +2 more
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Epizoochory in dry forest iguanas: an overlooked seed dispersal mechanism?
Colombia Forestal, 2015 The role of animals as seed dispersal vectors is widely acknowledged, including dispersal by reptiles (saurochory). Most reports of saurochory have been via endozoochory, through feces deposition.
Eloisa Lasso, Lucas Santiago Barrientos
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Subtle changes in plant diversity in the Bavarian Alps over the past eight decades [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionHistorical resurveys represent a unique opportunity to analyze vegetation dynamics over longer timescales than is typically achievable. Leveraging the oldest historical dataset of vegetation change in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, we address how ...
Meredith A. Zettlemoyer +3 more
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