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A Switch in Keystone Seed-Dispersing Ant Genera between Two Elevations for a Myrmecochorous Plant, Acacia terminalis.

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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Effective long-distance pollen dispersal in Centaurea jacea [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Agri-environment schemes play an increasingly important role for the conservation of rare plants in intensively managed agricultural landscapes.
Albrecht, M., Obrist, M K, Schmid, B; https://orcid.org/, David Kleijn, Kleijn, D., Albrecht, M, Duelli, P., Matthias Albrecht, Kleijn, D, Müller, C., Peter Duelli, Martin K Obrist, Obrist, M.K., Schmid, B., Duelli, P, Bernhard Schmid   +15 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, Jiaxin Li, Linjun Zhang, Ganggang Zhang, Yueqin Yang, Yang Wang, Xianfeng Yi   +6 more
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Spatial mechanisms promoting plant coexistence. the role of dispersal and competition [PDF]

, 2009
One of the great challenges in ecology is to explain how large numbers of plant species are able to coexist in natural communities. The role of spatial structure for maintaining plant coexistence has so far mainly been explored by theory.
Vogt, Deborah Ruth
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Long-Distance Wind-Dispersal of Spores in a Fungal Plant Pathogen: Estimation of Anisotropic Dispersal Kernels from an Extensive Field Experiment [PDF]

, 2014
Given its biological significance, determining the dispersal kernel (i.e., the distribution of dispersal distances) of spore-producing pathogens is essential. Here, we report two field experiments designed to measure disease gradients caused by sexually-
Andreas Mehl, François Bonnot (613948), Josue E. Ngando (613950), François Bonnot, Carlier, J, Ngando Essoh Otto, Josué, Klein, Etienne, E., Rieux, A, Carlier, Jean, Klein, Etienne, Soubeyrand, Samuel, Virginie Ravigne, Etienne K. Klein (613949), Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire (613953), Mehl, A, Ngando, Josue E, Jean Carlier (613952), de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L, Josue E Ngando, Soubeyrand, Samuel, S., Mehl, Andréas, Adrien Rieux, Etienne K Klein, Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire, Klein, Etienne,, Soubeyrand, S, Virginie Ravigne (5279615), Ravigne, V, Adrien Rieux (613947), Samuel Soubeyrand (118964), Jean Carlier, Klein, EK, De Lapeyre de Bellaire, Luc, Andreas Mehl (613951), Bonnot, François, Rieux, Adrien, Bonnot, F, Soubeyrand, Samuel,, Ngando, JE, Ravigné, Virginie, Samuel Soubeyrand   +40 more
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Antagonistic and mutualistic interactions alter seed dispersal of understory plants at forest edges

Ecosphere, 2021
Seed dispersal by ants is an important interaction in North American eastern deciduous forests, where 30–40% of understory plants are myrmecochores, with seeds that possess lipid‐rich appendages (elaiosomes) that attract seed‐dispersing ants ...
Wyatt J. Parker, Carmela M. Buono, Kirsten M. Prior   +2 more
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Seed traits and burial state affect plant seed secondary dispersal mediated by rodents

Heliyon
Seed dispersal is an important ecological process and has important implications for plant population expansion and regeneration. Seed dispersal not only reduces the probability of death due to seed density but also facilitates seedling establishment ...
Jiming Cheng, Xingfu Yan, Jinfeng Zhang, Chao Zhang, Min Zhang, Shuhua Wei, Jiazhi Wang, Yonghong Luo   +7 more
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A global review on the role of small rodents and lagomorphs (clade Glires) in seed dispersal and plant establishment

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Zoochory is an ecologically and evolutionarily important seed dispersal type. The decline and extinction of seed-dispersing large herbivores severely threatens dispersal-driven ecosystem processes in many regions.
Laura Godó, Orsolya Valkó, Sándor Borza, Balázs Deák   +3 more
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Soil vs. canopy seed storage and plant species coexistence in species-rich Australian shrublands [PDF]

, 2007
The fire-prone shrublands of southwestern Australia are renowned for their high plant species diversity and prominence of canopy seed storage (serotiny).
Johnson, N., N. J. Enright, Enright, N.J., B. P. Miller, Enright, Neal, E. Mosner, Lamont, B.B., Mosner, E., Lamont, Byron, Miller, B.P., Miller, Ben, N. Johnson, Johnson, Nicole, Byron B. Lamont   +13 more
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Ants sow the seeds of global diversification in flowering plants [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The extraordinary diversification of angiosperm plants in the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods has produced an estimated 250,000–300,000 living angiosperm species and has fundamentally altered terrestrial ecosystems.
Majer, Jonathan, Latimer, A., Majer, Jonathan D., Latimer, Andrew M, Gove, Aaron, Jonathan D Majer, Aaron D Gove, Gove, Aaron D., Dunn, Robert, Majer, Jonathan D, Latimer, A. M., Dunn, Robert R., Robert R Dunn, Andrew M Latimer, Szabolcs Lengyel, Latimer, Andrew M., Gove, A. D., Lengyel, S., Gove Aaron D., Lengyel Szabolcs, Majer Jonathan D., Dunn Robert R., Lengyel, Szabolcs, Gove, Aaron D, Forgó, Sándor, Latimer Andrew M., Dunn, Robert R   +26 more
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