The experimental study of seed dispersal by fish (ichthyochory)

BJA Pollux - Freshwater Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fish-mediated upstream dispersal of seeds may help … is caused by the high frequency of
fish-mediated seed dispersal. … for plant dispersal is based on field studies and dissections of fish

Seed dispersal by fish in the inundated regions of Humaita, Amazonia

G Gottsberger - Biotropica, 1978 - JSTOR
… , and in 17 species the seeds were usually destroyed when eaten. Seeds dispersed by fish
… that ichthyochory is an archaic form of dispersal within primitive angiosperms that has been …

Seed dispersal by fishes in tropical and temperate fresh waters: the growing evidence

MH Horn, SB Correa, P Parolin, BJA Pollux… - Acta Oecologica, 2011 - Elsevier
… by fishes represents an ancient (perhaps Paleozoic) interaction increasingly regarded as
important for seed dispersal (… Frugivores are among the most abundant fishes in Neotropical …

Evolutionary perspectives on seed consumption and dispersal by fishes

SB Correa, KO Winemiller, H Lopez-Fernandez… - Bioscience, 2007 - academic.oup.com
seed dispersal by fishes (ichthyochory). Recent experimental evidence of ichthyochory
suggests that fishesfishes have been disrupted before they could be studied. Exotic frugivorous …

[PDF][PDF] Frugivore downsizing and the collapse of seed dispersal by fish

R Costa-Pereira, M Galetti - 2015 - repositorio.unesp.br
fish is likely resulting in a seed dispersal deficit. To explore the seed dispersal deficit caused
by decreasing fish body sizes, we simulated changes in seed dispersal for pacu. We used …

Effects of seed traits on the potential for seed dispersal by fish with contrasting modes of feeding

G Boedeltje, T Spanings, G Flik, BJA Pollux… - Freshwater …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… of both seed and fish traits in fish-mediated dispersal. We fed the seeds of 19 aquatic and
riparian plant species, with a range of classical modes of dispersal, whose seeds vary widely …

Fishing‐down within populations harms seed dispersal mutualism

R Costa‐Pereira, SB Correa, M Galetti - Biotropica, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… of how individual fish size affects seed dispersal efficiency. … differences in fish size influence
seed dispersal effectiveness: (1… fish size affects quantitative and/or qualitative facets of seed

Extremely long-distance seed dispersal by an overfished Amazonian frugivore

JT Anderson, T Nuttle… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… , frugivores may routinely disperse seeds long distances. … eating fishes as vectors of
long-distance seed dispersal [9,10]. … how seed dispersal distance by Colossma varies with fish

High-quality seed dispersal by fruit-eating fishes in Amazonian floodplain habitats

JT Anderson, J Saldaña Rojas, AS Flecker - Oecologia, 2009 - Springer
… Our results indicate that seed dispersal effectiveness increases with fish size and age. The
… intact seeds in their digestive tracts and the volume of intact seeds both increased with fish

Seed dispersal in flood plain forests of Amazonia

K Kubitzki, A Ziburski - Biotropica, 1994 - JSTOR
… Once the role of fish in seed dispersal is recognized, we are left with the task of defining
the impact of fruit-eating fish on the reproductive biology of the tree species involved. …