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Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Fleshy fruits attract animals to ingest fruit, swallow the seeds, and release them in the landscape, thus facilitating seed dispersal and plant regeneration. Attraction of animal dispersers is achieved via attractants such as color or scent, and rewards like sugars, lipids, and micronutrients.
Linh M. N. Nguyen, Evangelia Linda Chronopoulou, Gabriela A. S. Escaliante, Kim Valenta, Omer Nevo   +4 more
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A simple and affordable protocol to assess censer seed dispersal: First confirmation of the mechanism in the genus Solanum

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The censer seed dispersal mechanism, whereby mature fruits are retained on plants and seeds dispersed by mechanical shaking, is among the most specialized wind‐aided seed dispersal strategies employed by the flowering plants. An efficient, affordable, and easily repeatable protocol for determining whether a species uses this unusual ...
Abigail J. Motter, Christopher T. Martine, Melody P. Sain   +2 more
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Explorations Volume 1 Fall 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
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Experimental methods for wind tunnel studies of seed dispersal by wind

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The complexity and variability of natural environments make quantitative studies of seed wind dispersal challenging. Wind tunnel experiments offer a controlled alternative to investigate the mechanisms of seed wind dispersal. This review focuses on wind tunnels and the associated technologies used for studying seed wind dispersal, including ...
Liang Tian, Noelle G. Beckman, Lu Zong, Xuanping Qin, Minghu Liu, Zhimin Liu   +5 more
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Explorations Volume 4 Fall 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Are they two seeds in a pod? Comparing seed rain recovery in grasslands using artificial grass carpets versus sticky traps

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Seed dispersal is a critical process for plant community assembly; however, natural rates of seed arrival are rarely quantified compared with other assembly mechanisms, especially in herbaceous communities. Methods Here we compare the utility of artificial grass carpet squares (“artificial grass”) for capturing seed rain with classic ...
Lauren L. Sullivan, Melissa H. DeSiervo, Larissa M. Kahan, Lauren G. Shoemaker   +3 more
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Predicting ecology and hearing sensitivities in Parapontoporia—An extinct long‐snouted dolphin

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Analyses of the cetacean (whale and dolphin) inner ear provide glimpses into the ecology and evolution of extinct and extant groups. The paleoecology of the long‐snouted odontocete (toothed whale) group, Parapontoporia, is primarily marine with its depositional context also suggesting freshwater tolerance.
Joyce Sanks, Rachel Racicot
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Quantifying plant dispersal: New methods from multiple disciplines

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Lauren L. Sullivan, Sally M. Chambers, Irene Cobo‐Simón, Noelle G. Beckman   +3 more
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Development: Evolutionary ecology's midwife

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2010
AbstractWe agree with Henrich et al. that documenting cultural universality and variability provides an indispensable window into human nature. We want to stress the mediating role development plays between evolution and culture. Moving beyond the mere documentation of universality or variability, developmental approaches can provide mechanistic ...
Panchanathan, K., Frankenhuis, W.E., Clark Barrett, H.   +2 more
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Plant evolutionary ecology

New Phytologist, 2004
The concept of plant venereal disease is examined from definitional, operational and axiomatic viewpoints. The transmission of many plant pathogens occurs during the flowering phase and is effected either by pollinators or by wind dispersal of spores from inflorescences. Attraction of insects by pseudo-flowers or sugary secretions also serves to spread
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