Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Bats play crucial ecosystem services as seed dispersers, pollinators, controllers of insects,
and nutrient recyclers. However, there has not been a thorough global review evaluating …

Seed persistence is the survival of seeds in the environment once they have reached
maturity. Seed persistence allows a species, population or genotype to survive long after the …

Birds are conspicuous in many habitats, occur worldwide, are ecologically diverse, and are
better known than other vertebrate groups. Birds devour pests, pollinate flowers, disperse …

Ecosystem services are natural processes that benefit humans. Birds contribute the four
types of services recognized by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment—provisioning …

The time at which a seedling emerges can determine its future success as a plant. Despite
the large number of studies that have examined the effect of emergence time on different …

Defaunation, driven by hunting and habitat fragmentation, poses a threat to wildlife in
tropical forests worldwide and is expected to have cascading effects on other organisms …

This advanced textbook is the first to explore the consequences of plant dispersal for
population and community dynamics, spatial patterns, and evolution. It successfully …

This chapter evaluates the role of endozoochory on seed germination and reviews the
information gathered on germination patterns in experiments aimed at examining the effect …

Studies on the ecological importance of seed coat mucilage have provided valuable
information about its roles in critical stages of the plant life cycle. Seed mucilage may, by …