Mechanisms of mast seeding: resources, weather, cues, and selection
Mast seeding is a widespread and widely studied phenomenon. However, the physiological
mechanisms that mediate masting events and link them to weather and plant resources are …
mechanisms that mediate masting events and link them to weather and plant resources are …
Synzoochory: the ecological and evolutionary relevance of a dual interaction
Synzoochory is the dispersal of seeds by seed-caching animals. The animal partner in this
interaction plays a dual role, acting both as seed disperser and seed predator. We propose …
interaction plays a dual role, acting both as seed disperser and seed predator. We propose …
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
The benefits of masting (volatile, quasi-synchronous seed production at lagged intervals)
include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen …
include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen …
Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests
Carbon storage is widely acknowledged as one of the most valuable forest ecosystem
services. Deforestation, logging, fragmentation, fire, and climate change have significant …
services. Deforestation, logging, fragmentation, fire, and climate change have significant …
Enemies maintain hyperdiverse tropical forests
J Terborgh - The American Naturalist, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Understanding tropical forest tree diversity has been a major challenge to ecologists. In the
absence of compensatory mechanisms, two powerful forces, drift and competition, are …
absence of compensatory mechanisms, two powerful forces, drift and competition, are …
Seed fate and decision‐making processes in scatter‐hoarding rodents
ABSTRACT A mechanistic understanding of seed movement and survival is important both
for the development of theoretical models of plant population dynamics, spatial spread, and …
for the development of theoretical models of plant population dynamics, spatial spread, and …
Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds
The Neotropics have many plant species that seem to be adapted for seed dispersal by
megafauna that went extinct in the late Pleistocene. Given the crucial importance of seed …
megafauna that went extinct in the late Pleistocene. Given the crucial importance of seed …
How plants manipulate the scatter-hoarding behaviour of seed-dispersing animals
SB Vander Wall - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Some plants that are dispersed by scatter-hoarding animals appear to have evolved the
ability to manipulate the behaviour of those animals to increase the likelihood that seeds …
ability to manipulate the behaviour of those animals to increase the likelihood that seeds …
Interspecific variation in primary seed dispersal in a tropical forest
1. We investigated the relationships of seed size, dispersal mode and other species
characteristics to interspecific variation in mean primary seed dispersal distances, mean …
characteristics to interspecific variation in mean primary seed dispersal distances, mean …
Plant parentage, pollination, and dispersal: how DNA microsatellites have altered the landscape
MV Ashley - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
DNA microsatellites provide plant ecologists with molecular markers precise enough to
assign parentage to seeds and seedlings. This allows the exact distance and trajectory of …
assign parentage to seeds and seedlings. This allows the exact distance and trajectory of …