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Seed dispersal dynamics in northern Iran: a comparative analysis of native large mammals and domestic sheep [PDF]

BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Seed dispersal through endozoochory plays a fundamental role in maintaining plant population dynamics, genetic connectivity, and habitat resilience, particularly in mountainous biodiversity hotspots.
Zahra Shakoori, Farid Salmanpour, Mehdi Kia, Faraham Ahmadzadeh   +3 more
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Distribution of Ipomoea violacea (Convolvulaceae): patterns, gaps and reports for its occurrence in Brazil and West Tropical Africa

Rodriguésia, 2021
In 2015 a chance discovery of the beach moon flower in coastal Brazil led to an investigation of the global occurrence, distribution, and abundance of this pantropical littoral plant species.
Juliana Alencar, George Staples, Andrew Budden   +2 more
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Metabolically active angiosperms survive passage through the digestive tract of a large-bodied waterbird

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Avian vectors, such as ducks, swans and geese, are important dispersers of plant propagules. Until recently, it was thought that small vegetative propagules were reliant on adherence to vectors and are unlikely to survive passage through the avian ...
Simona Paolacci, Marcel A. K. Jansen, Vlastimil Stejskal, Thomas C. Kelly, Neil E. Coughlan   +4 more
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Geographical distribution of the dispersal ability of alien plant species in China and its socio-climatic control factors

Scientific Reports, 2021
Dispersal ability is important for the introduction, establishment, and spread of alien plant species. Therefore, determination of the geographical distribution of the dispersal ability of such species, and the relationship between dispersal ability and ...
Quanlai Zhou, Jing Wu, Xue Cui, Xuehua Li, Zhimin Liu, Ala Musa, Qun Ma, Haibin Yu, Wei Liang, Shaoyan Jiang, Yongcui Wang   +10 more
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Seed dispersal as a search strategy: dynamic and fragmented landscapes select for multi-scale movement strategies in plants

Movement Ecology, 2021
Background Plant dispersal is a critical factor driving ecological responses to global changes. Knowledge on the mechanisms of dispersal is rapidly advancing, but selective pressures responsible for the evolution of dispersal strategies remain elusive ...
Jelle Treep, Monique de Jager, Frederic Bartumeus, Merel B. Soons   +3 more
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Plant canopy may promote seed dispersal by wind

Scientific Reports, 2022
Seed dispersal has received much research attention. The plant canopy can intercept diaspores, but the effect of the plant canopy (the aboveground portion of a plant consisting of branches and leaves) on dispersal distance has not been explored ...
Xuanping Qin, Wei Liang, Zhimin Liu, Minghu Liu, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Zhiming Xin, Zhigang Wang, Quanlai Zhou   +8 more
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Effectiveness of Seed Traps for Assessing Seed Rain in Periurban Grasslands

Diversity, 2023
Landscape context plays an important role in plant community structuring, with selection pressure affecting dispersal ability. This is particularly true in cities, where land use heterogeneity and habitat fragmentation can affect plant dispersal patterns.
Clément Gros, Adeline Bulot, Ferréol Braud, Stéphanie Aviron, Hervé Daniel   +4 more
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The comparison of dispersal rate between invasive and native species varied by plant life form and functional traits

Movement Ecology, 2023
A long dispersal distance is widely used to indicate high invasiveness, but it ignores the temporal dimensions of plant invasion. Faster dispersal rates (= distance/time) of invasive species than native ones have been widely used in modeling species ...
Bo Zhang, Alan Hastings, Edwin D. Grosholz, Lu Zhai   +3 more
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Chuva de sementes em fragmentos de Floresta Atlântica (São Paulo, SP, Brasil), sob diferentes situações de conectividade, estrutura florestal e proximidade da borda Seed rain in Atlantic forest fragments (São Paulo State, SP, Brazil) with different connectivity, forest structure and distance to edge

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2006
A composição da chuva de sementes permite inferir sobre o desenvolvimento, o direcionamento sucessional e a regeneração de comunidades vegetais. Em paisagens fragmentadas, é grandemente influenciada pela conectividade entre fragmentos remanescentes e ...
Vânia Regina Pivello, Daniela Petenon, Flávia Moraes de Jesus, Sérgio Tadeu Meirelles, Mariana Morais Vidal, Regina de Azevedo Soares Alonso, Geraldo Antônio Daher Corrêa Franco, Jean Paul Metzger   +7 more
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The robustness of plant-pollinator assemblages: linking plant interaction patterns and sensitivity to pollinator loss. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Most flowering plants depend on pollinators to reproduce. Thus, evaluating the robustness of plant-pollinator assemblages to species loss is a major concern.
Julia Astegiano, François Massol, Mariana Morais Vidal, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, Paulo R Guimarães   +4 more
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