Restoration efforts have been escalating worldwide in response to widespread habitat
degradation. However, coastal restoration attempts notoriously vary in their ability to …

Agricultural productivity depends mainly on soil fertility, particularly in intensified-paddy
fields. Heavily relying on synthetic agrochemicals in intensified agriculture could be …

Granivorous rodents commonly exhibit preferences for seeds of particular plant species.
However, among buried seeds that are available, rodents may find that alternate, less …

On the Ground• Although research on the behavior of individual animals has been growing
in recent years, the role that individual variation among animals may play in the outcome of …

Recruitment of Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides) seedlings occurs primarily from
surface seed caches made by scatter-hoarding desert rodents of the family Heteromyidae …

Juniper (Juniperus spp.) encroachment into the sagebrush steppe ecoregion is one of the
main causes of sagebrush degradation and can alter the understory vegetative community …

Conclusions These examples from the fields of forestry, range, and wildlife management
illustrate the value of ecosystem services provided by the seed caching activities of scatter …

In deserts, high rates of evaporation and low precipitation strongly limit plant establishment,
and recruitment events are often limited to infrequent or seasonal precipitation pulses. The …