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Divergent seed dispersal outcomes: Interactions between seed, disperser, and forest traits [PDF]

Ecology
AbstractAnimals disperse seeds in various ways that affect seed deposition sites and seed survival, ultimately shaping plant species distribution, community composition, and ecosystem structure. Some animal species can disperse seeds through multiple pathways (e.g., defecation, regurgitation, epizoochory), each likely producing distinct seed dispersal ...
Bastien Dehaudt, Tom Bruce, Vincent Deblauwe, António Ferraz, Brett Gardner, Tafon Godwin ‘Babs’ Bibila, Matthew LeBreton, Gaston Mempong, Kevin Njabo, Standly Nkemnyi Nkengbeza, Elsa M. Ordway, Lucas Pavan, Nicholas J. Russo, Thomas B. Smith, Matthew Scott Luskin   +14 more
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Oilbirds disperse large seeds at longer distance than extinct megafauna

Scientific Reports, 2021
The extinction of megafauna in the Neotropics is thought to have reduced the potential of large seeds to be dispersed over long distances by endozoochory (ingestion by animals), but some seed dispersal systems have not been considered.
Pablo R. Stevenson, Laura Cardona, Sasha Cárdenas, Andrés Link   +3 more
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Seed production, infestation, and viability in Acacia tortilis (synonym: Vachellia tortilis) and Acacia robusta (synonym: Vachellia robusta) across the Serengeti rainfall gradient [PDF]

, 2017
Tree recruitment in savannas proceeds in multiple stages characterized by successive filters occurring at the seed and seedling stages. The “demographic bottleneck” hypothesis suggests that such filters ultimately restrict tree density and prevent trees ...
Anderson, T. Michael, Holdo, Ricardo M., Morrison, Thomas, Rugemalila, Deusdedith M.   +3 more
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DNA fingerprinting validates seed dispersal curves from observational studies in the neotropical legume parkia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Determining the distances over which seeds are dispersed is a crucial component for examining spatial patterns of seed dispersal and their consequences for plant reproductive success and population structure.
Eckhard W Heymann, Kathrin Lüttmann, Inga M Michalczyk, Pedro Pablo Pinedo Saboya, Birgit Ziegenhagen, Ronald Bialozyt   +5 more
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FRUGIVORES STRONGLY AGGREGATE DISPERSED SEEDS [PDF]

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2013
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Fedriani, José M., Wiegand, Thorsten
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Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal [PDF]

Cell, 2016
How mechanical and biological processes are coordinated across cells, tissues, and organs to produce complex traits is a key question in biology. Cardamine hirsuta, a relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, uses an explosive mechanism to disperse its seeds. We show that this trait evolved through morphomechanical innovations at different spatial scales.
Hofhuis, H, Moulton, D, Lessinnes, T, Routier-Kierzkowska, A-L, Bomphrey, RJ, Mosca, G, Reinhardt, H, Sarchet, P, Gan, X, Tsiantis, M, Ventikos, Y, Walker, S, Goriely, A, Smith, R, Hay, A   +14 more
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Owl-mediated diploendozoochorous seed dispersal increases dispersal distance and supports seedling establishment

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Seed dispersal is an essential process contributing to the maintenance of plant populations. Zoochory is a widespread way of plant dispersal in every terrestrial ecosystem that can ensure the long-distance dispersal of seeds.
Laura Godó, Sándor Borza, Orsolya Valkó, Zoltán Rádai, Balázs Deák   +4 more
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A novel seed dispersal mode of Apostasia nipponica could provide some clues to the early evolution of the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae

Evolution Letters, 2020
Despite being one of the most diverse families, scant attention has been paid to the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae, owing to the widely accepted notion that wind dispersal is the dominant strategy.
Kenji Suetsugu
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Experimental methods for wind tunnel studies of seed dispersal by wind

Applications in Plant Sciences
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.
Liang Tian, Noelle G. Beckman, Lu Zong, Xuanping Qin, Minghu Liu, Zhimin Liu   +5 more
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Dispersal mode mediates the seed functional traits of woody plants’ responses to urbanization in remnant forest patches

Trees, Forests and People
Urban remnant forests are essential for biodiversity conservation within city landscapes, facing direct impacts from urbanization and indirect changes from surrounding land use alterations that affect seed dispersal and plant diversity.
Minglu Guo, Zijin Wang, Yanjun Zheng, Ying Pan, Jingyi Yang   +4 more
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