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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 +10 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 ...
Begoña Peco +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 +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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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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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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