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.
Guillermo Blanco +2 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
Hou Fujiang, Shulin Wang
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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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Context-dependent plant–bird interactions shape polychory across the antagonism–mutualism continuum [PDF]
Communications BiologyAnimals feeding on plants may benefit them through seed dispersal or harm them through seed predation, causing net interaction outcomes along an antagonism–mutualism continuum that remains poorly understood.
Dailos Hernández-Brito +4 more
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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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Mechanisms underlying patchy distribution pattern and spread of the invasive species Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae) in the Agro-Pastoral region of Northern China [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionUnderstanding the mechanisms driving patchy distribution patterns is crucial for managing invasive species. This study investigates the multi-vector dispersal dynamics underlying the patchy spread of Solanum rostratum in the Agro-Pastoral ...
Qian-Mei Wu +6 more
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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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Do interspecific hybrids lead to new evolutionary avenues in the plant family Lemnaceae? [PDF]
New PhytolNew Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 1, Page 9-11, April 2026.
Sree KS, Appenroth KJ.
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Evaluating the African arid corridor hypothesis: A meta-analysis including the phylogenetic and biogeographical history of Sesamothamnus. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise We examined the African arid corridor (AAC) disjunction pattern of vascular plants between northeastern and southwestern Africa in the context of geological and climatic events since the late Miocene. We developed a phylogenetic and biogeographical framework for the arid‐adapted genus Sesamothamnus (Pedaliaceae), a classic example of ...
Zaborsky JG +6 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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