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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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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, Irene Castañeda, Irene Castañeda, Irene Castañeda, Jose M. Fedriani, Jose M. Fedriani, Jose M. Fedriani   +6 more
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Cotton facilitates long‐distance seed dispersal by functioning as nest material for birds

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 7, July 2026.
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, Lotte L. Koot, Elke Molenaar, Andries K. Janse van Vuuren, Ara Monadjem, Kat Bebbington, Sjouke A. Kingma   +6 more
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Seed Floras in Seabird Nests and the Possibility of Adhesion to Seabird Feathers via Their Nests

Plant Species Biology, Volume 41, Issue 4, July 2026.
Nests are important links between seabirds and plants, and are thought to initiate epizoochory of seabirds. 24 seed species were found in pelagic seabird nests, and 16 species of them had the potential to adhere to seabirds. Our finding indicates an overlooked pathway for the long distance dispersal of plants; epizoochory mediated by nests.
Kanon Mizukoshi, Kazuto Kawakami, Takashi Kamijo   +2 more
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Seed dispersal by ungulates as an ecological filter : a trait-based meta-analysis

, 2015
Plant communities are often dispersal-limited and zoochory can be an efficient mechanism for plants to colonize new patches of potentially suitable habitat. We predicted that seed dispersal by ungulates acts as an ecological filter – which differentially
Eric Cosyns (3312177), Christophe Baltzinger (3241809), Auffret, Alistair G., Plue, J., Robin J. Pakeman (438220), Provoost, S., Eichberg, C., Jaroszewicz, B., Cousins, Sara A. O.,, Anders Mårell (3312168), Hoffmann, Maurice, Cousins, S.A.O., Albert, A., Jan Plue (701402), Auffret, A.G., Peter Poschlod (3312162), Eichberg, Carsten, Bogdan Jaroszewicz (3263106), Cousins, Sara A. O., Schulze, Kiowa Alraune, Malo, Juan E., Thilo Heinken (3312150), Heinken, T., Cousins, Sara AO, Malo, Juan E, Cosyns, Eric, Plue, Jan, Pakeman, Robin J., Plue, Jan,, Juan E. Malo (393014), Sara A. O. Cousins (409356), Baltzinger, Christophe, Albert, Aurélie, Alistair G. Auffret (409355), d'Hondt, B., Auffret, Alistair G, Amy E. Eycott (2793256), Cosyns, E., Malo, J.E., Pakeman, Robin J, Mårell, Anders, Picard, Mélanie, Mouissie, Maarten, Eycott, A.E., Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Maarten Mouissie (3312171), Kiowa Alraune Schulze (3312165), Mélanie Picard (3241812), Mouissie, M., Auffret, Alistair G.,, Schulze, K.A., Carsten Eichberg (3312156), Aycott, Amy E, D'hondt, Bram, Poschlod, Peter, Poschlod, P., Bram D'Hondt (3312159), Eycott, Amy E., Hoffmann, M., Baltzinger, Christopher, Picard, M., Maurice Hoffmann (3261783), Heinken, Thilo (PD Dr.), Pakeman, R.J., Aurélie Albert (3312153), Sam Provoost (3312174), Heinken, Thilo, Provoost, Sam   +67 more
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Beyond Habitat: How Anuran Skin Texture Shapes Plant Dispersal in Neotropical Wetlands

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Dispersal is a key process structuring wetland plant communities, yet epizoochory by amphibians remains a little‐known mechanism of passive plant dispersal. This study evaluated the potential role of Neotropical anurans as vectors of plant propagules through external adhesion in coastal wetlands.
Andressa Adolfo, Pedro Hoffmann, Andy J. Green, Milena Rosa Pereira, Leonardo F. B. Moreira, Cristina Stenert, Leonardo Maltchik   +6 more
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Beyond Scatter-Hoarding and Frugivory: European Corvids as Overlooked Vectors for a Broad Range of Plants

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
It is well-known that some members of the crow family (Corvidae) are important for seed dispersal either via frugivory (e.g., when feeding on berries) or by scatter hoarding (e.g., of nuts). Dispersal via gut passage of seeds within a fleshy fruit can be
Andy J. Green, Johan Elmberg, Ádám Lovas-Kiss   +2 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1197-1234, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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The seed bank created by the dung of large herbivores drives seed circulation in an alpine meadow

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Seed circulation (i.e., sexual reproduction) is vital for the regeneration of aboveground grassland vegetation (AGV). It occurs in several steps: seed production (seed rain, SR), dispersal (endozoochory, i.e., dung seed bank, DSB), formation of the soil seed bank (SSB), germination, seedling growth, and establishment of adult plants.
Shulin Wang, Fujiang Hou
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Cattle as Dispersal Vectors of Invasive and Introduced Plants in a California Annual Grassland

, 2016
Plant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants are dispersed is critical to developing sound management plans.
Mariotte, P., Chuong, J., Suding, K.N., Spotswood, E.N., Nichols, L., Huxley, J.   +5 more
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