EcosphereInvasive shrubs dramatically reduce the biodiversity of native plants, making invaded areas important targets of conservation and restoration. Adding seeds of native plant species, in addition to the removal of invasive plants, is a potentially promising
Mark E. Fuka, John L. Orrock
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Solving the enigma of granivory rates in Patagonia and throughout other deserts of the world: is thermal range the explanation? [PDF]
Ecología Austral, 1998 In order to gain insight about why Patagonia has low levels of granivory activity, percentages of world-wide granivory rates were compared for rodents, ants, and birds in seven desertic areas of the world.
Patricia J. Folgarait +2 more
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Tenerife lizards as seed predators. [PDF]
EcologyEcology, Volume 107, Issue 7, July 2026.
Rumeu B +3 more
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Recovery of Seed Quality and Germination Success Following Severe Wildfires in <i>Araucaria araucana</i> Forests of the Southern Andes. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe assessed post‐fire germination of Araucaria araucana in the southern Andes and found that seed viability and germination increased markedly (from 65% to 90%) between 1 and 8 years after a severe wildfire. Improved germination at longer time‐since‐fire reflects a recovery of reproductive capacity in this ecologically and culturally significant ...
Fuentes-Ramírez A +4 more
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Limited influence of experimentally induced predation risk on granivory in a tropical forest [PDF]
, 2022 Seed predation by rodents can strongly influence plant recruitment and establishment. The extent to which predation risk indirectly alters plant survival in tropical forests via impacts on granivory is unclear, making it difficult to assess the cascading
Jedediah F. Brodie +2 more
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Non-Native Rodents Dominate Understory Frugivory in the Eastern Caribbean Islands. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe investigated how non‐native mammals have disrupted frugivory by using artificial fruits and camera traps to measure native and non‐native frugivory interactions on 13 islands in the eastern Caribbean. We found that non‐native Rattus sp. were responsible for nearly 80% of all frugivorous activity and that increased non‐native mammal activity was ...
Kim S +13 more
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Convergent digestive adaptation to resource limitation in an insular lizard across a microgeographic archipelago. [PDF]
J Anim EcolReplicated mainland–islet populations of the Skyros wall lizard reveal consistent divergence in digestive physiology, including gut morphology, passage time, digestive efficiency and enzyme activity. These results show how ecological variation in resource availability can shape digestive performance across populations in insular environments.
Reppa A +8 more
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Influence of host phylogeny, geographical location and seed harvesting diet on the bacterial community of globally distributed Pheidole ants [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The presence of symbiotic relationships between organisms is a common phenomenon found across the tree of life. In particular, the association of bacterial symbionts with ants is an active area of study.
Cíntia Martins, Corrie S. Moreau
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023 Native seeds broadcast for restoration are often consumed by predators before they can germinate. However, it is unclear how the composition of a seed mix affects seed predation.
Benny J. Drescher, Madeline Nolan
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Botanical Sciences, 2019 Background: Seed banks, an important element in the natural regeneration of plant communities, are regulated mostly by granivores along an altitudinal gradient.
Victor Manuel Tejeda Landero +4 more
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