Growth in seed dispersal studies has been fast‐paced since the seed disperser
effectiveness (SDE) framework was developed 17 yr ago. Thus, the time is ripe to revisit the …

General principles about the consequences of seed dispersal by animals for the structure
and dynamics of plant populations and communities remain elusive. This is in part because …

Capsaicinoids are unique compounds produced only in peppers (Capsicum spp.). Several
studies using classical quantitative trait loci (QTL s) mapping and genomewide association …

 Abstract Capsicum L.(tribe Capsiceae, Solanaceae) is an American genus distributed
ranging from the southern United States of America to central Argentina and Brazil. The …

The primary function of fruit is to attract animals that disperse viable seeds, but the nutritional
rewards that attract beneficial consumers also attract consumers that kill seeds instead of …

There is growing realization that intraspecific variation in seed dispersal can have important
ecological and evolutionary consequences. However, we do not have a good understanding …

Frugivory (animals ingest all or part of fleshy-fruits and defecate or regurgitate seeds) and
scatter-hoarding (animals store seeds in small caches in soil) are two important vertebrate …

Plants produce an enormous diversity of secondary metabolites, but the evolutionary
mechanisms that maintain this diversity are still unclear. The interaction diversity hypothesis …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play a central role in seed dispersal and fruit defense,
with potential for large impacts on plant fitness and demography. Yet because PSMs can …

The effectiveness of a frugivore as a disperser of a plant is greatly determined by how fruits
and seeds are handled in its mouth and its digestive tract. Although a number of studies …