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The ecology of seed dispersal.

, 2013
Seed dispersal is one of the key phases in the regeneration process of plant populations. It determines the potential area of recruitment and, simultaneously, acts as a template for the subsequent stages of plant growth. Seed dispersal is the most common means for plants to colonize new areas and to avoid sibling competition and natural enemies such as
Traveset, Anna, Heleno, Ruben, Nogales, Manuel   +2 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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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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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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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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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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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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Mesopredator frugivory has no effect on seed viability and emergence under experimental conditions

Ecosphere, 2021
Members of the order Carnivora are a unique and important seed disperser who consume and deposit undamaged seeds while providing regular long‐distance seed dispersal opportunities.
John P. Draper, Trisha B. Atwood, Noelle G. Beckman, Karin M. Kettenring, Julie K. Young   +4 more
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Low rate of between-population seed dispersal restricts genetic connectivity and metapopulation dynamics in a clonal shrub

, 2012
Clonal species normally have low seed production, low recruitment rates and long lifespans, and it is expected that the rates of long-distance dispersal (LDD) of seeds will be low as well. Banksia candolleana is a clonal shrub in Mediterranean-type, fire-
Laura Merwin, Siegfried L Krauss, Enright, N.J., Krauss, S., Enright, Neal, Lamont, B.B., Merwin, L., He, T., Byron B Lamont, Lamont, Byron, Tianhua He, He, Tianhua, Neal J Enright, Krauss, S.L.   +13 more
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Native fruit traits may mediate dispersal competition between native and non-native plants [PDF]

, 2012
Seed disperser preferences may mediate the impact of invasive, non-native plant species on their new ecological communities. Significant seed disperser preference for invasives over native species could facilitate the spread of the invasives while ...
Marcel Rejmanek, Aslan, Clare, Aslan, Clare E., Aslan,Clare, Clare Aslan, Rejm\ue1nek, Marcel, Rejmánek, Marcel, Rejmanek,Marcel   +7 more
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