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What drives seed dispersal effectiveness?
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Seed dispersal is a critical phase in plant reproduction and forest regeneration. In many systems, the vast majority of woody species rely on seed dispersal by fruit‐eating animals.
Omer Nevo +3 more
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Ecography, EarlyView.Animal coloration exhibits substantial biogeographic variation, reflecting complex adaptations to both abiotic and biotic environments. Although the evolutionary mechanisms underlying avian plumage coloration have been widely studied, geographic variation in plumage patterning has received far less attention.
Yuqing Han +8 more
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2004 Os lagartos teiús possuem uma dieta generalista, podendo agir como importantes dispersores de sementes em florestas semidecíduas do sudeste do Brasil. Foram estudadas a frugivoria e a dispersão de sementes de lagartos teiús usando animais em cativeiro ...
Everaldo Rodrigo de Castro +1 more
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Inequalities in intraspecific plant–lemur interactions drive seed dispersal patterns
Oikos, EarlyView.Biotic interactions occur between individuals and accumulate to shape species‐level interaction structure across a community. Skewed interaction structures, where a few individuals are highly connected and most have few interactions, are increasingly identified at the individual‐level.
Jadelys Tonos +2 more
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Oikos, EarlyView.By dispersing seeds, frugivorous animals affect spatial co‐occurrence of plants, ultimately influencing plant community dynamics. Frugivorous animals are intrinsically involved in plant community dynamics, by dispersing seeds of fleshy‐fruited plants and influencing their spatial co‐occurrence.
Antonio J. Perea +8 more
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Scat piling and strong frugivory of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874)
BMC Zoology, 2022 Background In lacertid lizards from Mediterranean islands, frugivory is common, particularly under prey scarcity, a characteristic of small islands. In several populations, the diet of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi, is extremely variable and ...
Ana Pérez-Cembranos +1 more
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Fruit‐quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores
Oikos, EarlyView.Seed dispersal is a fundamental ecological process influencing the evolution of plant life‐history strategies. In fleshy‐fruited plants dispersed by mutualistic frugivores, variation in fruit traits among closely related species may shape the temporal and spatial dynamics of dispersal events critical to population success.
João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo
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Frugivoria por aves em Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) em ambientes antropizados na região de Sorocaba–SP. Frugivory by birds in Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) at anthropic environment in Sorocaba–SP region [PDF]
Revista do Instituto Florestal, 2012 As aves, assim como toda fauna consumidora de frutos possuem grande importância no processo de dispersão de sementes. O declínio de suas populações pode gerar consequências para a reprodução e para o crescimento populacional dessas plantas zoocóricas, se
Nayara Francine LAMBERTI +2 more
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Habitat loss reshuffles ecological and evolutionary interactions in a seed dispersal network
Oikos, EarlyView.In tropical forests, habitat loss reshapes species composition, favoring generalists and recently emerged lineages while specialists and older evolutionary lineages are lost. However, how changes in species ecological attributes and evolutionary history affect ecological processes is poorly explored.
Fernando César Gonçalves Bonfim +8 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Aquatic organisms that consume resources from riparian vegetation or floodplain forests act as trophic links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Lucia Mateus +2 more
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