Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits [PDF]
, 2007 The ability of plants to disperse seeds may be critical for their survival under the current constraints of landscape fragmentation and climate change.
Engler, R., Vittoz, P.
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“Step by step”: high frequency short-distance epizoochorous dispersal of aquatic macrophytes [PDF]
, 2016 Aquatic macrophytes can successfully colonise and re-colonise areas separated by space and time. The mechanisms underlying such “mobility” are not well understood, but it has often been hypothesised that epizoochory (external dispersal) plays an ...
Coughlan, Neil E. +2 more
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Human-Induced Downsizing of Animal Communities Weakens Trait Matching Between Tropical Plants and Frugivores. [PDF]
Ecol LettWe assess the impact of human‐induced ‘downsizing’ of animal communities on plant–frugivore trait matching—the alignment between fruit size and frugivore body mass—using a global dataset on plant and animal traits and 102 ecological networks across the tropics.
Guerra D +6 more
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Verhuellia is a segregate lineage in Piperaceae: more evidence from flower, fruit and pollen morphology, anatomy and development [PDF]
, 2010 Background and Aims The perianthless Piperales, i.e. Saururaceae and Piperaceae, have simple reduced flowers strikingly different from the other families of the order (e.g. Aristolochiaceae).
Samain, Marie-Stéphanie +7 more
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Migratory Birds as Global Dispersal Vectors [PDF]
, 2016 Propagule dispersal beyond local scales has been considered rare and unpredictable. However, for many plants, invertebrates, and microbes dispersed by birds, long-distance dispersal (LDD) might be regularly achieved when mediated by migratory movements ...
Fifuerola, Jordi +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 The species-rich genus Peperomia (Black Pepper relatives) is the only genus among early diverging angiosperms where epiphytism evolved. The majority of fruits of Peperomia release sticky secretions or exhibit hook-shaped appendages indicative of ...
Lena Frenze +4 more
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SeedsInternal transport (endozoochory) and external transport (epizoochory) by migratory waterbirds are key mechanisms of long-distance dispersal for seeds and other diaspores of plants lacking a fleshy fruit.
Andy J. Green, David M. Wilkinson
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Internal and External Dispersal of Plants by Animals: An Aquatic Perspective on Alien Interference
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Many alien plants use animal vectors for dispersal of their diaspores (zoochory). If alien plants interact with native disperser animals, this can interfere with animal-mediated dispersal of native diaspores.
Casper H. A. van Leeuwen
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How do freshwater organisms cross the “dry ocean”? A review on passive dispersal and colonization processes with a special focus on temporary ponds [PDF]
, 2014 Lakes and ponds are scattered on Earth’s surface as islands in the ocean. The organisms inhabiting these ecosystems have thus developed strategies to pass the barrier represented by the surrounding land, disperse and colonise new environments.
BARONE, Rossella +4 more
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Spitting Seeds From the Cud: A Review of an Endozoochory Exclusive to Ruminants
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Given their strong masticatory system and the powerful microbial digestion inside their complex guts, mammalian ruminants have been frequently considered seed predators rather than seed dispersers.
Miguel Delibes +6 more
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