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Directional seed and pollen dispersal and their separate effects on anisotropy of fine‐scale spatial genetic structure among seedlings in a dioecious, wind‐pollinated, and wind‐dispersed tree species, Cercidiphyllum japonicum

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, Susumu Goto, Chikako Sumiyoshi, Yuji Isagi   +3 more
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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
Minghui Wang, Sijie Yi, Mengyao Ju, Xianfeng Yi   +3 more
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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 ...
K. Chen, K. Chen, K. Chen, K. S. Burgess, F. He, X.-Y. Yang, L.-M. Gao, L.-M. Gao, D.-Z. Li, D.-Z. Li, D.-Z. Li   +10 more
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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, Tony D Auld, Daniel Ramp, Richard T Kingsford   +3 more
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Chronic disturbance alters seed dispersal traits and frugivores resources in a dry tropical forest. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Espinosa CI, Jara-Guerrero A, Castillo-Escobar J, Cueva-Ortiz J, Cueva-Ortiz J, Gusmán-Montalván E, Stimm B, Hildebrandt P, Escudero A.   +8 more
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Seed dispersal by wind decreases when plants are water‐stressed, potentially counteracting species coexistence and niche evolution

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, Nataša Lukić, Verena Rajtschan, Julia Walter, Frank M. Schurr   +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 ...
Begoña Peco, Shawn W Laffan, Angela T Moles   +2 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, Roberto Molowny-Horas, Anselm Rodrigo, Javier Retana   +3 more
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Downsizing of animal communities triggers stronger functional than structural decay in seed-dispersal networks

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, Marjorie C. Sorensen, Marjorie C. Sorensen, P. G. Blendinger, W. Kissling, E. L. Neuschulz, T. Mueller, M. Schleuning   +7 more
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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.
Joanna K. Carpenter, Colin F. J. O'Donnell, Elena Moltchanova, Dave Kelly   +3 more
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