EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Seed dispersal is a critical process in plant colonisation and demography. Fruits and seeds can be transported by several vectors (typically animals, wind and water), which may have exerted strong selective pressures on plant’s morphological traits.
Pablo Vargas, Ruben Heleno, José Costa
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A Switch in Keystone Seed-Dispersing Ant Genera between Two Elevations for a Myrmecochorous Plant, Acacia terminalis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The dispersal capacity of plant species that rely on animals to disperse their seeds (biotic dispersal) can alter with changes to the populations of their keystone dispersal vectors. Knowledge on how biotic dispersal systems vary across landscapes allows
Fiona J Thomson +3 more
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Uncoupling the effects of seed predation and seed dispersal by granivorous ants on plant population dynamics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Secondary seed dispersal is an important plant-animal interaction, which is central to understanding plant population and community dynamics. Very little information is still available on the effects of dispersal on plant demography and, particularly ...
Xavier Arnan +3 more
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A global systematic review of frugivorous animal tracking studies and the estimation of seed dispersal distances [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Seed dispersal is one of the most important ecosystem functions globally. It shapes plant populations, enhances forest succession, and has multiple, indirect benefits for humans, yet it is one of the most threatened processes in plant regeneration ...
Adam Fell +3 more
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Multiple intrinsic and extrinsic drivers influence the quantity and quality components of seed dispersal effectiveness in the rare shrub Lindera subcoriacea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Information about seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) for plant species of conservation concern is rarely available to inform management strategies and actions.
Matthew G Hohmann +3 more
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Inter- and intra-annual patterns of seed rain in the black spruce stands of Quebec, Canada [PDF]
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2017 Divergent reproductive strategies of tree species generate differences in the dynamics of seed production and dispersion. The spatial and temporal variability in seed rain abundance and viability was monitored during the period 2000-2007 in four boreal ...
Rossi S, Morin H, Gionest F, Laprise D
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Seed dispersal by deception: A game between mimetic seeds and their bird dispersers. [PDF]
Plant DiversMimetic seeds attract birds to disperse seeds mainly by mimicking fleshy fruits or arillate seeds, however, they provide little nutritive reward for bird dispersers. The key characteristics of mimetic seeds are conspicuous seed color, hard seed coat, certain toxic secondary metabolites, and perhaps smooth waxy layer.
Jin MF, Cai XH, Chen G.
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Ant-mediated seed dispersal in a warmed world [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Climate change affects communities both directly and indirectly via changes in interspecific interactions. One such interaction that may be altered under climate change is the ant-plant seed dispersal mutualism common in deciduous forests of eastern ...
Katharine L. Stuble +5 more
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Dispersal of transgenes through maize seed systems in Mexico. [PDF]
, 2009 ObjectivesCurrent models of transgene dispersal focus on gene flow via pollen while neglecting seed, a vital vehicle for gene flow in centers of crop origin and diversity.
Alvarez-Buylla, Elena R +9 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Prevailing directions of seed and pollen dispersal may induce anisotropy of the fine‐scale spatial genetic structure (FSGS), particularly in wind‐dispersed and wind‐pollinated species.
Atsushi Nakanishi +3 more
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