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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Carnivorans
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Seed dispersal is critical to the ecological performance of sexually reproducing plant species and the communities that they form. The Mammalian order Carnivora provide valuable and effective seed dispersal services but tend to be overlooked in much of ...
John P. Draper +9 more
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Seed dispersal distance classes and dispersal modes for the European flora
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2023 Motivation: Although dispersal ability is one of the key features determining the spatial dynamics of plant populations and the structure of plant communities, it is also one of the traits for which we still lack data for most species.
Zdeňka Lososová +9 more
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The Causes and Consequences of Seed Dispersal
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2023 Seed dispersal, or the movement of diaspores away from the parent location, is a multiscale, multipartner process that depends on the interaction of plant life history with vector movement and the environment.
Noelle G. Beckman, Lauren L. Sullivan
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Tracking Animal-Dispersed Seedlings Using 15N Xylem Injection Method
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Although various seed-marking methods have been developed for seed dispersal, it remains difficult to track the actual patterns of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Thus, new labeling methods that accurately track seedling establishment along with
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Seed traits and phylogeny explain plants' geographic distribution [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2022 Understanding the mechanisms that shape the geographic distribution of plant species is a central theme of biogeography. Although seed mass, seed dispersal mode and phylogeny have long been suspected to affect species distribution, the link between the ...
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“The Dispersion of Seeds and Plants” [PDF]
Nature, 1888 IN support of the views expressed in Mr. D. Morris's interesting article on the above subject (NATURE, March 15, p. 466), I beg to be allowed to state the following facts. In the Island of Porto Rico, the Panicum barbinode, called there “malojilla,” has been cultivated for many years in the low humid lands, and it is a current opinion among farmers ...
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Nature Communications, 2020 Downsizing of animal communities due to defaunation is prevalent in many ecosystems. Yet, we know little about its consequences for ecosystem functions such as seed dispersal.
Isabel Donoso +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Hydrology is a major environmental factor determining plant fitness, and hydrological niche segregation (HNS) has been widely used to explain species coexistence.
Jinlei Zhu +4 more
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Global patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by invertebrates and vertebrates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 It is commonly accepted that species interactions such as granivory are more intense in the tropics. However, this has rarely been tested. A global dataset of post-dispersal seed removal by invertebrates and vertebrates for 79 native plant species from ...
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Long seed dispersal distances by an inquisitive flightless rail (Gallirallus australis) are reduced by interaction with humans [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Human presence is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, but the influence this has on the seed dispersal services performed by frugivorous animals is largely unknown.
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