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Extended seed rain period of Adenostoma fasciculatum impacts diverse seed predators
PLOS ONE, 2021 AimsThe principal chaparral species in California,Adenostoma fasciculatum, an evergreen, sclerophyllous shrub, is broadly distributed and provides habitat and food resources for a large and diverse animal community. The effects of climate change, including elevated temperatures, fire frequency and severity, along with increased urban encroachment, have
Joanna M. Garaventa, V. Thomas Parker
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Weed seed predation in organic and conventional cereal fields
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2012 Granivores can consume a large proportion of newly produced weed seeds in crop fields each year. If substantial, granivores can help to exhaust the seed bank and thus contribute to long-term weed control.
Daedlow, Daniel +2 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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A seed predator drives the evolution of a seed dispersal mutualism [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2008 Although antagonists are hypothesized to impede the evolution of mutualisms, they may simultaneously exert selection favouring the evolution of alternative mutualistic interactions. We found that increases in limber pine ( Pinus flexilis ) seed defences arising from selection exerted by a pre-dispersal seed predator
Adam M, Siepielski, Craig W, Benkman
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The interplay between propagule pressure, seed predation and ectomycorrhizal fungi in plant invasion [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2019 There are many hypotheses aiming to explain invasion success, but evaluating individual hypotheses in isolation may hinder our ability to understand why some species invade and others fail.
Jaime Moyano +4 more
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Spatial-scale dependencies in the predation of seeds by rodents [PDF]
, 1995 Summary 1. Previous studies have shown rates of seed predation in deciduous woodland to be high (on average 60%) and extremely variable in space and time. 2.
Borelli, Teresa
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Whole‐genome analysis of 1,054 chickens reveals three ancestral sources (NWC, SYA, and SHF) with distinct temporal entry patterns into the Tibetan Plateau. Route‐specific selection scans, calibrated against a demographic null, suggest complementary functional enrichments—vascular homeostasis (NWC), calcium signaling and cardiac adaptation (SYA), and ...
Zongyi Zhao +7 more
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Dispersal and establishment both limit colonization during primary succession on a glacier foreland [PDF]
, 2009 Plant colonization can be limited by lack of seeds or by factors that reduce establishment. The role of seed limitation in community assembly is being increasingly recognized, but in early primary succession, establishment failure is still considered ...
del Moral, Roger, Jones, Chad C.
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Progress and bottlenecks in the early domestication of the perennial oilseed Silphium integrifolium, a sunflower substitute [PDF]
, 2018 Silflower (Silphium integrifolium Michx.) is in the early stages of domestication as a perennial version of oilseed sunflower, its close relative. Grain crops with deep perennial root systems will provide farmers with new alternatives for managing soil ...
Crews, Timothy E. +6 more
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