Planning for the future: Grasslands, herbivores, and nature‐based solutions

ET Borer, AC Risch - Journal of Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global interest and investment in nature‐based solutions (NbS) are rapidly increasing
because of the potential of this approach to concurrently counter biodiversity loss, provide …

Big rodents disperse small seeds and spores in Neotropical wetlands

PHO Hoffmann, A Adolfo, AJ Green, C Stenert… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The role of large frugivores in the dispersal of tropical trees has been well‐studied, whereas
the importance of the world's largest rodents for plant dispersal has previously been ignored …

Systematic treatment of morphological fruit types in plants of the class Liliopsida of the flora of Ukraine

AV Odintsova, OS Fishchuk, KI Scrypec… - Regulatory …, 2021 - medicine.dp.ua
In this review, the scope of morphological diversity of fruits within the class Liliopsida
belonging to the flora of Ukraine compared to the world flora diversity was analyzed. For the …

Seed germination of a myrmecochorous plant endemic to the Brazilian semiarid region: the wolf is not so bad

M Fagundes, APMF Silva, BHS Mayrink… - Acta Botanica …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Studies about seed dispersal and germination are important to understand patterns of plant
distribution and abundance, and help establish strategies for environmental conservation …

Seed traits matter—Endozoochoric dispersal through a pervasive mobile linker

J Stiegler, K Kiemel, J Eccard, C Fischer… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although many plants are dispersed by wind and seeds can travel long distances across
unsuitable matrix areas, a large proportion relies on co‐evolved zoochorous seed dispersal …

Potential Seed Dispersal by Persian Wild Ass in South Central Iran

A Ghasemi, MR Hemami, S Karimi, M Iravani… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seed dispersal plays a pivotal role in plant ecology, impacting various aspects such as
dispersal, reproduction, and population dynamics. In this study, we investigated the …

Cattle effects on seed dispersal, germination, and seedling recruitment of a threatened brazilian dry forest palm tree (Syagrus coronata)

UJA Pinto, BSD Nascimento, J de Oliveira Silva… - Journal of Arid …, 2025 - Elsevier
Syagrus coronata (Arecaceae) is a palm widely distributed throughout the Brazilian semi-
arid region presenting high sociocultural, economic, and ecological importance …

Effects of Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) feces on seed germination and early seedling growth: insights into their contribution to seed dispersal

SK Lee, EJ Lee - Seed Science Research, 2025 - cambridge.org
Endozoochory, the dispersal of seeds through the animal gut passage, plays a significant
role in vegetation dynamics. The success of endozoochorous seed dispersal depends on …

Endozoochorous plant dispersal by the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in the Pyrénées: angiosperms but also ferns and mosses and the importance of disaggregation …

G Pauly, C Vanpé, M Roy, PY Quenette, J Sentilles… - Botany …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Endozoochory by megafauna enables temperate mountain plants to disperse over long
distance. As an endozoochorous agent, Brown Bear may play a unique role through its …

Seed dispersal by the brown bear in a mixed temperate forest: fruit type matters

Ç Tavşanoğlu, DD Kazancı, A Soyumert, A Ertürk… - Mammal Research, 2021 - Springer
The brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) is an omnivorous large mammal that has an essential
function in many ecosystems as a seed disperser. We studied the brown bear's role as a …