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 …

Frugivorous fish play a prominent role in seed dispersal and reproductive dynamics of plant
communities in riparian and floodplain habitats of tropical regions worldwide. In Neotropical …

Understanding species' interactions and the robustness of interaction networks to species
loss is essential to understand the effects of species' declines and extinctions. In most …

This chapter summarizes research on seed dispersal vectors (water, wind and animals), and
the factors (including seed size and chemical composition, and plant habit) that determine …

Alien plants are a growing threat to the Galápagos unique biota. We evaluated the impact of
alien plants on eight seed dispersal networks from two islands of the archipelago. Nearly 10 …

Aim Four long‐distance dispersal (LDD) modes have generally been considered to play
central roles in the colonization of islands by plants: anemochory (dispersal by wind) …

Species interaction networks are traditionally explored as discrete entities with well-defined
spatial borders, an oversimplification likely impairing their applicability. Using a multilayer …

Seed dispersal is one of the most studied plant–animal mutualisms. It has been proposed
that the dispersal of many large-seeded plants from Neotropical forests was primarily …

Urban expansion increases fragmentation of the landscape. In effect, fragmentation
decreases connectivity, causes green space loss and impacts upon the ecology and …

Seed dispersal allows plants to colonise new sites and escape from pathogens and
intraspecific competition, maintaining plant genetic diversity and regulating plant distribution …