Understanding of ecosystem structure and functioning requires detailed knowledge about plant–animal interactions, especially when keystone species are involved. The recent consideration parrots as legitimate seed dispersers has widened the range mechanisms influencing life cycle many plant species. We examined interactions between burrowing parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus two dominant algarrobo tr...

Omnivorous waterbirds play an important role in aquatic ecosystems as dispersal vectors via direct ingestion, transportation, and egestion of plant invertebrate propagules (i.e. endozoochory). Predatory birds also have the potential to disperse plants invertebrates that were first carried internally or externally by their prey animals. However, contribution predatory waterbird species propagule...

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 粪种子库的理论基础、影响因素和生态意义 DOI: 10.5846/stxb202202140356 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家自然科学基金项目（32161143028，U21A2024231672472） Theoretical basis, influencing factors and ecological significance of dung seed bank Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: National Natural Science Foundation China (32161143028, U21A2024231672472) 摘要 | 图/表 访问统计 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献 资源附件 文章评论 摘要:成熟种子被动...

Cholera, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease, has afflicted human beings and shaped human history for over two millennia. The disease still kills thousands of people annually. Vibrio cholerae, the etiologic agent of cholera, is endemic to aquatic environments [1], but despite intensive research efforts its ecology remains an enigma. The fatal effects of cholera are mainly due to the toxin pro...

Dispersal guilds hold key ecological implications for the vegetation history of islands. This study considers dispersal vectors in conjunction with species origin and growth form to characterize vegetation dynamics on the islands of Tonga in the South Pacific. Data for over 700 species compiled from published literature on the plants of Tonga support a comparative study of dispersal mechanisms ...

Cytinus is a group of plants that grow within other plants: parasitic life cycle has evolved just four times in the plant kingdom. species are externally invisible for most their life, emerging from hosts only to flower and set seed. Owing this cryptic cycle, genus poorly understood likely include several hitherto undescribed species, particularly threatened forest habitat Madagascar. At time u...

Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, increases probability of introduction and establishment alien plant species. While settlements are known hotspots for persistent populations, little is about colonization particularly susceptible natural habitats. Systematic monitoring lacking available survey methods vary greatly. Here, we present most comprehensive vascular...

Madagascar’s highly diverse forests are critically threatened because of increasing deforestation, and those that remain are facing declines of vertebrate frugivores that disperse their seeds. Thus, understanding plant frugivore interactions is of critical importance for the conservation and maintenance of plant diversity in Madagascar. This paper reviews observational and experimental studies ...