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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 +14 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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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 +3 more
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Crop size influences pre-dispersal seed predation in the Brazilian Cerrado
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2017 Many pre-dispersal seed predators are specialized insects that rely on seeds for larval development. These insects may respond to the amount of seeds produced by a plant (i.e.
Alexander V. Christianini
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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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Ecological Indicators, 2022 During the restoration of secondary forests in Northeast China, it is critically important to promote seed recruitment of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis), which is highly dependent on rodents and significantly affected by spatially heterogeneous ...
Qiaoling Yan +8 more
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Pollen and seed dispersal of Brazil nut trees in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2018 Pollen and seed dispersal patterns greatly influence the spatial distribution of plant genetic diversity. Microsatellite-based parentage analysis provides accurate estimates of contemporary gene dispersal.
Karina MARTINS +3 more
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iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2015 Seed traits affect seed dispersal by animals. However, the combined role of seeds and dispersers in determining seed dispersal is not well explored. We attempted to test how seed traits and predators determine seed dispersal and predation interaction in ...
Yi X, Wang Z, Liu C, Liu G
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Seed dispersal effectiveness in fragmented and defaunated landscapes
Ecosphere, 2023 Landscape fragmentation and defaunation have major impacts on plant dispersal and dynamics. However, whether the impact of such perturbations on seed dispersal and recruitment change in sign and strength across habitats and spatial scales, and whether ...
Jose M. Fedriani +4 more
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Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal
Ecological Indicators, 2023 The Grain-for-Green Program in China is one of the largest payments for ecosystem services programs, and it is regarded as effective for protecting the ecological environment and mitigating disasters. However, research into the effects of revegetation on
Fei Yu +6 more
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